Antonyms of adj inglorious

2 senses of inglorious

Sense 1
black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful -- ((used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice")

INDIRECT (VIA dishonorable) -> honorable, honourable -- (worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect; "an honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service to his country")

Sense 2
inglorious (vs. glorious) -- (not bringing honor and glory; "some mute inglorious Milton here may rest")

glorious (vs. inglorious) -- (having or deserving or conferring glory; "a long and glorious career"; "our glorious literature")
        => bright -- (splendid; "the bright stars of stage and screen"; "a bright moment in history"; "the bright pageantry of court")
        => celebrated, historied, storied -- (having an illustrious past)
        => divine, elysian, inspired -- (being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods; "her pies were simply divine"; "the divine Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired performance")
        => empyreal, empyrean, sublime -- (inspiring awe; "well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity"- M.S.Dworkin; "empyrean aplomb"- Hamilton Basso; "the sublime beauty of the night")
        => illustrious -- (having or conferring glory; "an illustrious achievement")
        => incandescent -- (characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance; "an incandescent performance")
        => lustrous -- (brilliant; "set a lustrous example for others to follow"; "lustrous actors of the time")

Similarity of adj inglorious

2 senses of inglorious

Sense 1
black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful -- ((used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice")
       => dishonorable (vs. honorable), dishonourable -- (lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor; "dishonorable in thought and deed")

Sense 2
inglorious (vs. glorious) -- (not bringing honor and glory; "some mute inglorious Milton here may rest")
       => obscure, unknown, unsung -- (not famous or acclaimed; "an obscure family"; "unsung heroes of the war")
          Also See-> dishonorable#1, dishonourable#1; unknown#1

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