ignominious

[ ig-nuh-min-ee-uhs ]

/ ˌɪg nəˈmɪn i əs /

marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating: an ignominious retreat.

bearing or deserving ignominy; contemptible.

Origin of ignominious

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Latin word ignōminiōsus. See ignominy, -ous

1 degrading, disgraceful, dishonorable, shameful.

2 despicable, ignoble.

ig·no·min·i·ous·ly, adverb ig·no·min·i·ous·ness, noun non·ig·no·min·i·ous, adjective non·ig·no·min·i·ous·ly, adverb

non·ig·no·min·i·ous·ness, noun un·ig·no·min·i·ous, adjective un·ig·no·min·i·ous·ly, adverb un·ig·no·min·i·ous·ness, noun

A repatriation ceremony would help bury the ignominious squabbles of the past.

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It was two years after the ignominious end of the Vietnam War and three years after Watergate.

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International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's ignominious downfall was more than a personal call to account.

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Mike Castle deserved better than this ugly, ignominious end.

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Zidane is famous for providing both the greatest and the most ignominious moments in French World Cup history.

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Nevertheless he suffered an ignominious defeat at the Ilevolds , near Nidaros, and had to flee head over heels to Bergen.

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Thus the first attempt at a party cabinet in Japan came to an ignominious failure under extremely untoward circumstances.

Japan |Various
Such audacity in referring to the subject Adelina fondly thought she had brought to an ignominious end quite took away her breath.

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What was the value of privileges which must be held by a tenure at once so ignominious and so insecure?

The History of England from the Accession of James II. |Thomas Babington Macaulay
By submission we may indeed have peace, alike precarious and ignominious.

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