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1. (adj.) ignominious
marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating:
an ignominious retreat.
2. ignominious
bearing or deserving ignominy; contemptible.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME < L)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful
(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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1. (adj) ignominious
marked with ignominy; in curring public disgrace; dishonorable; shameful
2. (adj) ignominious
deserving ignominy; despicable
3. (adj) ignominious
humiliating; degrading; as, an ignominious judgment or sentence
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