ignominious

(ĭg'nə-mĭn'ē-əs)
adj.

1. Marked by shame or disgrace: "It was an ignominious end ... as a desperate mutiny by a handful of soldiers blossomed into full-scale revolt" (Angus Deming).
2. Deserving disgrace or shame; despicable.
3. Degrading; debasing: "The young people huddled with their sodden gritty towels and ignominious goosebumps inside the gray-shingled bathhouse" (John Updike).

ignominiously ig'no·min'i·ous·ly adv.
ignominiousness ig'no·min'i·ous·ness n.

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adjective

Meriting or causing shame or dishonor: discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, opprobrious, shameful. See respect/contempt/standing.

adj

Definition: heinous
Antonyms: admirable

adj

Definition: humiliating
Antonyms: glorious

IN BRIEF: Shameful; dishonorable.

Said I, in scorn all burning hot, In rage and anger high, You ignominious idiot, Those wings are made to fly! — Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935), from A Conservative.

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• Bad, False, Evil, Insincere, or Dishonest

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - forsmædelig, skændig, vanærende

Nederlands (Dutch)
oneervol, beschamend

Français (French)
adj. - ignominieux (sout), scandaleux (un acte, une conduite)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schändlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επονείδιστος

Italiano (Italian)
disonorevole

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - repulsivo

Русский (Russian)
позорный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - oprobioso, ignominioso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - vanhedrande, skamlig, nedsättande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
可耻的, 下流的, 不名誉的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 可恥的, 下流的, 不名譽的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 수치스러운, 비열한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 不名誉な, 恥ずべき

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) شائن, مخزي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בזוי, מחפיר‬

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