It is more ignominious to mistrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
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Ignominious
//ɪɡnəˈmɪniəs//
Synonyms for "ignominious" (140 found)
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Adjective(21 words)
dirtydiscreditabledisdainabledisgracefuldishonorabledisreputableexecrablefilthygrovelingignobleingloriouslamelaughableloathsomelowludicrousmeanmean-spiritedmiserablemurrain
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2 entriesrelated to
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2 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 20 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἄδοξος adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
Bulgarian
2 entries- долен adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
- позорен adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
Catalan
1 entries- ignominiós adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
Czech
4 entries- hanebný adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
- ostudný adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
- ponižující adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
- potupný adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
Dutch
1 entries- oneervol adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
Finnish
1 entries- häpeällinen adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
French
1 entries- ignominieux adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
Friulian
1 entries- ignominiôs adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
Galician
1 entries- ignominioso adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
German
4 entries- schimpflich adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
- schmachvoll adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
- schmählich adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
- schändlich adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
Hebrew
1 entries- מַחְפִּיר adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
Italian
1 entries- ignominioso adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
Latin
1 entries- ignōminiōsus adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- رذیل adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
Polish
4 entries- haniebny adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
- niegodziwy adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
- podły adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
- sromotny adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
Portuguese
1 entries- ignominioso adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
Russian
2 entries- бессла́вный adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
- позо́рный adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
Spanish
1 entries- ignominioso adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
Swedish
4 entries- neslig adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
- skamlig adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
- skymflig adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
- vanhedrande adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
Turkish
1 entries- yüz kızartıcı adj (marked by shame or disgrace)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Dr. Jackson suffered an ignominious downfall after a celebrated career.
Source: tatoeba (13176315)
Tom's ignominious behavior is a disgrace to all of us.
Source: tatoeba (13176320)
The time when the pseudovirtuous men and women die a painful and ignominious death has yet to come.
Source: wiktionary
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