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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame;
- Example: "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson
- Example: "an ignominious retreat"
- Example: "inglorious defeat"
- Example: "an opprobrious monument to human greed"
- Example: "a shameful display of cowardice"
[syn: black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ignominious \Ig`no*min"i*ous\, a. [L. ignominiosus: cf. F.
   ignominieux.]
   1. Marked with ignominy; incurring public disgrace;
      dishonorable; shameful.
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            Then first with fear surprised and sense of pain,
            Fled ignominious.                     --Milton.
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   2. Deserving ignominy; despicable.
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            One single, obscure, ignominious projector. --Swift.
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   3. Humiliating; degrading; as, an ignominious judgment or
      sentence. --Macaulay.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ignominious
    adj 1: (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" [syn: black, disgraceful,
           ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful]