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ignominious meaning and definition
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Definition of ignominious (adjective)
- (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"
- synonyms: black, disgraceful, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful
Source: Princeton University Wordnet