Ignominious
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌɪɡ.nə(ʊ)ˈmɪ.ni.əs/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Ignominious is an adjective meaning Especially of a person: deserving of disgrace or dishonour; contemptible, despicable.
Meaning
Especially of a person: deserving of disgrace or dishonour; contemptible, despicable.
More Meanings
- (generally) Causing or marked by disgrace or dishonour; disgraceful, dishonourable; also (loosely), humiliating, shameful.
Example Sentences
Greene died of a debauch; and Marlowe, the gracer of tragedians, perished in an ignominious brawl.
The time when the pseudovirtuous men and women die a painful and ignominious death has yet to come.
Hath he not tvvit our Soueraigne Lady here / VVith ignominious vvords, though Clarkely coucht? / As if ſhe had ſuborned ſome to ſvveare / Falſe allegations, to o'rethrovv his ſtate.
In sheer malignity, thinking to set back our plans and avenge himself for his ignominious expulsion, this traitor has crept here under cover of night and destroyed our work of nearly a year.
Synonyms for ignominious
Depending on context, synonyms include abject, filthy, base, beggarly, blameworthy, carrion.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include disgraceful, shameful, opprobrious, dishonourable, dishonorable, inglorious.
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