ignominious English

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ignominious Adjective

— An ignominious event is one that causes shame or disgrace The governor was no longer respected after he entered an ignominious duel.

ignominious

— adjective (= 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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ignominious English » English

disgraceful

shameful

inglorious

infamous

dishonorable

opprobrious

humiliating

foul

defamed

black

wicked

undignified

smutty

shocking

salacious

rogue

propudious

pitiful humiliating

outrageous

obscene

notoriously disgraced

nefarious

mean

knavish

insulting

infamous disgraced

embarrassing

dishonourable

dishonest

disgraced

dirty

coward

causing disgrace

be humiliating

bawdy

Topics ignominious topics

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Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sorry

Ashamed

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  shameful degrading disgraceful dishonorable humiliating ignominious opprobrious scandalous