Ignominious

//ɪɡnəˈmɪniəs// adj

adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Marked by great disgrace, dishonour, humiliation, or shame; disgraceful, shameful.

    "The time when the pseudovirtuous men and women die a painful and ignominious death has yet to come."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame wordnet

Synonyms

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disgracefulaberrantabjectabnormalabominableatrocious

Example

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"It is more ignominious to mistrust our friends than to be deceived by them."

Etymology

From French or Old French ignominieux, from Latin ignōminiōsus (“disgraceful”), from ignōminia (“loss of a good name, ignominy”), from ig- (“not”) + nomen (“name”) (prefix assimilated form of in-). By surface analysis, ignominy + -ious.

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