INGLORIOUS Meaning of INGLORIOUS in English in ‧ glo ‧ ri ‧ ous /ɪnˈɡlɔːriəs/ BrE AmE adjective literary causing shame and dishonour SYN humiliating :an inglorious defeat —ingloriously adverb Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012