ignominious
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ig·no·min·i·ous
(ĭg′nə-mĭn′ē-əs)adj.
1. Characterized by or deserving shame or disgrace: "It was an ignominious end ... as a desperate mutiny by a handful of soldiers blossomed into full-scale revolt" (Harry Anderson).
2. Degrading; debasing: "The young people huddled with their sodden gritty towels and ignominious goosebumps inside the gray-shingled bathhouse" (John Updike).
ig′no·min′i·ous·ly adv.
ig′no·min′i·ous·ness n.
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ig•no•min•i•ous
(ˌɪg nəˈmɪn i əs)adj.
1. marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating: an ignominious retreat.
2. bearing or deserving ignominy; contemptible.
[1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin]
ig`no•min′i•ous•ly, adv.
ig`no•min′i•ous•ness, n.
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ignominious
adjective humiliating, disgraceful, shameful, sorry, scandalous, abject, despicable, mortifying, undignified, disreputable, dishonourable, inglorious, discreditable, indecorous Many thought that he was doomed to ignominious failure.
worthy, honourable, reputable, creditable
worthy, honourable, reputable, creditable
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ignominious
adjectiveMeriting or causing shame or dishonor:
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
ignominious
[ˌɪgnəˈmɪniəs] adj [defeat, retreat] → ignominieux/euseCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
ignominious
adj → schmachvoll; (= humiliating) → entwürdigend; defeat → schmachvoll, schmählich; behaviour → schändlich, unehrenhaft; to come to an ignominious end → ein schmachvolles Ende finden
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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[ˌɪgnəˈmɪnɪəs] adj → vergognoso/a, ignominioso/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995