gloriless
gloriless adjective: without glory; unglorious.
Adjective
gloriless (comparative more gloriless, superlative most gloriless)
- Without glory; unglorious
- Beside the record of His life, the history of Cyrus, the annals of Cæsar, appear mean — gloriless.1872, Eliphalet Nott, The Resurrection of Christ
- That is precisely where so many of us are-trapped in our own cisterns, stuck in a gloryless life and a gloryless church.2010, John Avant, The Passion Promise
- Synonyms:
- inglorious, unglorified, ungloriful, fameless, nameless, nonfamous, obscure, renownless, unfamous, unhonored
gloriless meaning in Bengali
gloriless in Bengali
- gloriless
- গৌরবহীন gourobhin
Synonyms of gloriless
- inglorious
- unglorified
- ungloriful
- nameless
- nonfamous
- obscure
- unfamous
- unhonored
- unglorious
- unnoticed
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Antonyms
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Forms of gloriless
| comparative | more gloriless |
|---|---|
| superlative | most gloriless |
| alternative form | gloryless |
Origin of gloriless
From glory + -less.
Questions about gloriless
- What does gloriless mean?
- Gloriless means without glory; unglorious.
- What is gloriless in Bengali?
- Gloriless in Bengali is গৌরবহীন (gourobhin). See Gloriless meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is gloriless?
- Gloriless is an adjective.
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