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ignominious

[ ig-nuh-min-ee-uhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating:
an ignominious retreat.
Synonyms: shameful, dishonorable, disgraceful, degrading
bearing or deserving ignominy; contemptible.
Synonyms: ignoble, despicable

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Latin word ignōminiōsus. See ignominy, -ous

A repatriation ceremony would help bury the ignominious squabbles of the past.

It was two years after the ignominious end of the Vietnam War and three years after Watergate.

International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's ignominious downfall was more than a personal call to account.

Mike Castle deserved better than this ugly, ignominious end.

Zidane is famous for providing both the greatest and the most ignominious moments in French World Cup history.

I betray my beloved parent's confidence, to save you from a certain and ignominious death.

Tom pitched forward heavily, saving himself and his animal from an ignominious accident just in the nick of time.

To be checkmated by an 'errant' pawn in the very middle of the board is a most ignominious way of losing the game.

The ignominious failure of the attacks on Somers and Burnet seemed to prove that the assembly was coming round to a better temper.

But, as his rhyme ended with such an ignominious fizzle, he hurried away with a snort of disgust.

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[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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