ignominious: involving a total loss of dignity and self-respect, and making somebody or something appear shamefully weak and ineffective / deserving condemnation and contempt
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ignominious Related Forms: ignominiousness (noun) ignominy (noun) ignominiously (adverb)
ignominious Synonyms: degrading disgraceful dishonorable shameful despicable ignoble humiliating embarrassing reprehensible
ignominious Mortified by his ignominious behavior, the little boy buried his head in the sand. ignominious
ignominy Committing an act of ignominy makes us feel as if we have egg on our face.
ignominious Many people believe that full body scans or pat searches at airports are ignominious invasions of their privacy.
ignominious In The Scarlet Letter, the scarlet “A” that Hester wears was designed to remind her of her ignominious behavior.
ignominy The little girl’s ignominy was written all over her face after she ate the cherry pie without permission.
ignominy ignominy makes conscionable people feel small The stigma of when they are caught doing something wrong red-handed.
Even dogs know when they are behaving ignominiously.
ignominiously The man ignominiously accepted punishment for his opprobrious behavior ignominiously