ignominious
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ig·no·min·i·ous
(ĭg'nə-mĭn'ē-əs) 
adj.
ignominiousness ig'no·min'i·ous·ness n.
adj.
- 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).
- Deserving disgrace or shame; despicable.
- Degrading; debasing: "The young people huddled with their sodden gritty towels and ignominious goosebumps inside the gray-shingled bathhouse" (John Updike).
ignominiousness ig'no·min'i·ous·ness n.
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ignominious
adjective
- Meriting or causing shame or dishonor: discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, opprobrious, shameful. See respect/contempt/standing.
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ignominious
adj
Definition: heinous
Antonyms: admirable
adj
Definition: humiliating
Antonyms: glorious
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ignominious
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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Ignominious
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
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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