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Thesaurus: ignominious
Marked with ignominy; in curring public disgrace; dishonorable; shameful.
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- a. Marked with ignominy; in curring public disgrace; dishonorable; shameful.
- a. Deserving ignominy; despicable.
- a. Humiliating; degrading; as, an ignominious judgment or sentence.
- adj. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
- 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.
- j:100 s (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame