ignominious
adjective/ˌɪɡnəˈmɪniəs/
/ˌɪɡnəˈmɪniəs/
(formal)- that makes, or should make, you feel ashamed synonym disgraceful, humiliating
- an ignominious defeat
- He made one mistake and his career came to an ignominious end.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryIgnominious is used with these nouns:- defeat
- retreat
- withdrawal
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from French ignominieux, or Latin ignominiosus, from ignominia, from in- ‘not’ + a variant of nomen ‘name’.
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