Detailed description and alternate definitions of the word 'ignominious':
Degrading; debasing.
Deserving disgrace or shame; despicable.
Marked by shame or disgrace.
Synonyms of word 'ignominious' :
shameful
inglorious
disgraceful
opprobrious
black
Usage of the word 'ignominious' in Sentences :
ignominious defeat on the 4th.
Marshall's Pen also holds the rather ignominious distinction of being perhaps the easiest place in the Caribbean to see Common Starling!
ignominious fate.
To-day, for example, I should have come to very ignominious grief without it.
No, we shall not permit these wiseacres to hide under the table the ignominious collapse of their ignominious collapse of their ignominious policy with the NAP.
ignominious exit for golden boy Beckham?
ignominious death at sea.
Usage of the word 'ignominious' in popular media :
Washington Post —
“in the end, mubarak's efforts only ensured a hasty and
ignominious departure, the officials said.....
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“the last time a democrat won a senate race in the lone star state was in the late 1980s, and it's clear that the party's chances of breaking that
ignominious streak lie almost entirely in an unelectable candidate emerging from what could be a crowded republican primary. ....
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Wall Street Journal —
“ toyota is the worldæ’??s biggest car maker by sales numbers. but after an announcement to recall nearly 1.3 million cars in japan, it now claims the
ignominious distinction of issuing the two biggest single recalls by a domestic car maker in japan.....
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