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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