What does ignominious mean in English? Meaning of ignominious definition and abbreviation with examples.
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What is "ignominious" in English? Definition and Explanations
Meaning of "ignominious": (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
Adjective
Meaning: (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
an ignominious retreat
inglorious defeat
an opprobrious monument to human greed
a shameful display of cowardice
Synonyms: black
disgraceful
ignominious
inglorious
opprobrious
shameful
Similar: dishonorable
dishonourable
Adjective: Marked by shame or disgrace. 1902, Thomas Ebenezer Webb, The Mystery of William Shakespeare: A Summary of Evidence, page 242: Greene died of a debauch; and Marlowe, the gracer of tragedians, perished in an ignominious brawl. 1945, George Orwell, Animal Farm, chapter 6 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.1902, Thomas Ebenezer Webb, The Mystery of William Shakespeare: A Summary of Evidence, page 242: Greene died of a debauch; and Marlowe, the gracer of tragedians, perished in an ignominious brawl.1945, George Orwell, Animal Farm, chapter 6 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.
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