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Ignominious

Ignominious Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ignominious? [adj] (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ignominious: black \| disgraceful \| dishonorable \| dishonourable \| inglorious \| opprobrious \| shameful Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ignominious: aberrant \| abnormal \| abominable \| atrocious \| criminal \| delinquent \| derogatory \| deviant \| discreditable \| disgraceful \| dishonorable \| disreputable \| evil \| hardly the thing \| ignoble \| illegal \| improper \| inappropriate \| incorrect \| indecorous \| infamous \| inglorious \| not done \| not the thing \| notorious \| off-base \| off-color \| out-of-line \| sacrilegious \| scandalous \| seamy \| shabby \| shady \| shameful \| shameless \| shoddy \| sinful \| sordid \| terrible \| undue \| unfit \| unfitting \| unlawful \| unpraiseworthy \| unrespectable \| unrighteous \| unsavory \| unseemly \| unsuitable \| wicked \| wrong \| wrongful See Also \| Ignominious In Webster's Dictionary \Ig`nomin"ious\, a. [L. ignominiosus: cf. F. ignominieux.] 1. Marked with ignominy; in curring public disgrace; dishonorable; shameful. Then first with fear surprised and sense of pain, Fled ignominious. --Milton. 2. Deserving ignominy; despicable. One single, obscure, ignominious projector. --Swift. 3. Humiliating; degrading; as, an ignominious judgment or sentence. --Macaulay.

Ignominious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ignominious?

[adj] (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice"

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Ignominious In Webster's Dictionary

\Ig`no*min"i*ous\, a. [L. ignominiosus: cf. F.
ignominieux.]
1. Marked with ignominy; in curring public disgrace;
   dishonorable; shameful.

         Then first with fear surprised and sense of pain,
         Fled ignominious.                     --Milton.

2. Deserving ignominy; despicable.

         One single, obscure, ignominious projector. --Swift.

3. Humiliating; degrading; as, an ignominious judgment or
   sentence. --Macaulay.

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