Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Characterized by or deserving shame or disgrace.
- adjective Degrading; debasing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Marked with ignominy; incurring or attended with disgrace; degrading; shameful; infamous: as, ignominious punishment; ignominious intrigues.
- Deserving ignominy; despicable in character; contemptible.
- Synonyms Disgraceful, opprobrious, disreputable. See
ignominy .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Marked with ignominy; incurring public disgrace; dishonorable; shameful.
- adjective Deserving ignominy; despicable.
- adjective Humiliating; degrading.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Marked by
shame ordisgrace .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
Etymologies
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Examples
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The vast majority of Survivors who have scored the hidden immunity idol went on to slink out of there in ignominious defeat for not having played it.
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The team dispersed in ignominious defeat, and it was not until after dark that the dogs came sneaking back, one by one, by meekness and humility signifying their fealty to White Fang.
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In that monster footnote to what I am inclined to describe as a monster book – The God Delusion – Dawkins reproaches me for what he calls my ignominious decision to accept, in 2006, the Phillip E. Johnson Award for Liberty and Truth.
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What, for instance, might have happened to the world a short time back if Egypt had had the atomic weapon when being chased, in ignominious retreat, from the borders of Israel?
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The team dispersed in ignominious defeat, and it was not until after dark that the dogs came sneaking back, one by one, by meekness and humility signifying their fealty to White
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Many rulings of this same court might well qualify for the tag ignominious if it's history we be reviewing.
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His wife and infant son were detained by the Romans in ignominious captivity; and this domestic misfortune tarnished the glories of
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Senators, matrons, and philosophers, expired in ignominious and cruel tortures.
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91 The light brigantines of the Greeks were scattered in ignominious flight: the nine castles of the Venetians maintained a more obstinate conflict; seven were sunk, two were taken; two thousand five hundred captives implored in vain the mercy of the victor; and the daughter of Alexius deplores the loss of thirteen thousand of his subjects or allies.
elgiad007 commented on the word ignominious
Disgraceful or dishonorable behavior, as of a candidate for a political office who, upon losing public favor, makes wild and desperate claims to discredit the opposition.
November 4, 2008
reesetee commented on the word ignominious
I find it interesting that this word came up right after Bonnie and Co. invaded again.
November 4, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word ignominious
JM has never considered garden figurines to be ignominious.
August 13, 2011