not bringing honor and glory; some mute inglorious Milton here may rest'

(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

[ Syn: black , disgraceful , ignominious , opprobrious , shameful ]