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- pronunciation:
- ihg
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mI
ni
s
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
characterized by or associated with disgrace, dishonor, or shame; humiliating.
The players were miserable after their ignominious loss to their much weaker opponent.- synonyms:
- degrading, disgraceful, dishonorable, embarrassing, humiliating, mortifying, shameful
- antonyms:
- glorious
- similar words:
- abject, scandalous, shocking
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| definition 2: |
deserving of disgrace; contemptible.
His ignominious desertion of his needy wife and children haunted him in later years.- synonyms:
- contemptible, despicable, disgraceful, ignoble, scurvy, shameful, wretched
- antonyms:
- admirable, honorable
- similar words:
- abominable, dishonorable, opprobrious, shabby, vile
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| related words: |
despicable, disgraceful, infamous, low, notorious, odious, shameful |
adverb + (adj.)ignominious
instead, most, quickly, rather
(adj.)ignominious
+ noun
chapter,
collapse,
death,
defeat,
departure,
disease,
distinction,
end,
ending,
exit,
failure,
fall,
fate,
glory,
history,
moment,
past,
possibility,
record,
retreat,
situation,
sport,
streak,
surrender,
treaty
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| derivations: |
ignominiously (adv.), ignominiousness (n.) |
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