Antonyms for illustrious

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ih-luhs-tree-uhs

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlʌs tri əs

Definition of illustrious

Origin : 1560s, from Latin illustris "lighted, bright, brilliant;" figuratively "distinguished, famous," probably a back-formation from illustrare "embellish, distinguish, make famous" (see illustration). Sometimes also illustrous. Replaced illustre in same sense (mid-15c.), from Middle French illustre.

adj famous, prominent

Example sentences :

All the other statues and drawings of your illustrious kinsman are at your disposal.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

Beneath were the illustrious dead; around were the illustrious living.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

There was but one feeling,—that England had lost one of her most illustrious statesmen.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

The aged and illustrious man had done what the poor boy refused to do.
Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Joseph afterward was an illustrious specimen of this disposition.
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox

Asked how he knew that an elephant was going on a journey, the illustrious Jo.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

His errand was not of enough importance to trouble so illustrious a man.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

He was another friend, and even a relative, of the "illustrious master."
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

Of these one of the first and most illustrious was Francis Xavier.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

Great art thou among the bards; illustrious in wisdom, where they all are wise.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

Synonyms for illustrious

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