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Recent Examples of inglorious
Costner's character was killed off in the opening moments of the back half of Season 5 with an inglorious, bloody bathroom gunshot death made to look like a suicide.
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Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
Impeaching Blagojevich Madigan, the longtime Illinois Democratic Party chair, presided over one of the state’s most jarring and historic moments in 2009 when the House voted to impeach his fellow Democrat Rod Blagojevich, the only Illinois governor branded with this inglorious distinction.
—Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024
In 1980, director Martin Scorsese recalled the trauma of watching a retrospective in inglorious Eastmancolor.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
In its short, inglorious history, the CFPB harassed businesses with hundreds of millions of dollars of frivolous complaints that enriched trial lawyers, while doing nothing of consequence to actually help consumers.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
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Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
Impeaching Blagojevich Madigan, the longtime Illinois Democratic Party chair, presided over one of the state’s most jarring and historic moments in 2009 when the House voted to impeach his fellow Democrat Rod Blagojevich, the only Illinois governor branded with this inglorious distinction.
—Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024
In 1980, director Martin Scorsese recalled the trauma of watching a retrospective in inglorious Eastmancolor.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
In its short, inglorious history, the CFPB harassed businesses with hundreds of millions of dollars of frivolous complaints that enriched trial lawyers, while doing nothing of consequence to actually help consumers.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inglorious
Adjective
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Of the $15 million that the jury awarded Depp, $5 million was in punitive damages aimed to punish Heard for especially reprehensible conduct.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Apr. 2025
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Whereas Serena could easily have emerged as a one-note villain, from the beginning of her tenure on the series, Strahovski has imbued Serena with a soulfulness that often puts the audience uncomfortably on her side, despite her reprehensible actions.—
Scarlett Harris,
IndieWire,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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That morning, on the day of his exam, looking up at the stone façades, Gabriel suddenly realized that this was a place that existed not despite but because of the iniquitous history exhibited here.—
Daisy Hildyard,
The New Yorker,
15 Dec. 2024
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That morning, on the day of his exam, looking up at the stone façades, Gabriel suddenly realized that this was a place that existed not despite but because of the iniquitous history exhibited here.—
Daisy Hildyard,
The New Yorker,
15 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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As many high-profile hacks and data leaks have shown, private data can easily be mishandled and exploited for nefarious purposes.—
Corey G. Johnson,
ProPublica,
29 Apr. 2025
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Louis-Dreyfus’ villainous character has positioned a number of MCU loners and rejects to kill each other for her own nefarious reasons.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Apr. 2025
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Sammie’s father is right to be concerned, but wrong about the sinful nature of the blues—Sinners depicts musical talent as a divine blessing, a power that can pierce the veil between worlds, for good or for ill.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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April 20: Projections showed A Minecraft Movie remaining atop the box office this Easter weekend, but audiences actually felt more sinful than predicted.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
20 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But Miss Manners acknowledges that there is also the less blameworthy impulse to offer comfort — not just sympathy — when there is no real comfort to be offered.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2025
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But Miss Manners acknowledges that there is also the less blameworthy impulse to offer comfort — not just sympathy — when there is no real comfort to be offered.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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While the practice of using haint blue to ward off evil spirits might not be as common, the color has bled into the mainstream, with major paint companies like Sherwin-Williams and PPG Industries, Inc selling paint inspired by the shade.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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The royal palace is infested with evil spirits and one of them has taken hold of the young prince.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In the film, Louis-Dreyfus’ villainous character has positioned a number of MCU loners and rejects to kill each other for her own nefarious reasons.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
2 May 2025
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Critics Choice nominee Grant, 64, plays a villainous religion scholar in Heretic, from writer-directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods.—
Ariana Quihuiz,
People.com,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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Spears writes of these unrighteous men matter-of-factly, avoiding the ad hominem attack, except for an occasional delicious arrow, including a recollection of the eternally white Timberlake meeting one of his rap heroes.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2023
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He’s gone through buzzard-hot streaks and some slumps, at times taking wholly unrighteous shots, and none of that matters to the shooting guard.—
Gordon Monson,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
23 Apr. 2021
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“Inglorious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inglorious. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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