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   ignominious

   /ˌɪɡnəˈmɪnɪəs/

   adjective

   • 1. deserving or causing public disgrace or shame: "the party risked ignominious defeat" Similar humiliatingundignifiedembarrassingmortifyingshamefuldisgracefuldishonourablediscreditableignobleingloriousabjectsorrywretchedmiserablepitifulrare:humiliatoryOpposite glorious

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French ignominieux, or Latin ignominiosus, from ignominia (see ignominy).

   Derivatives

   • 1. ignominiously adverb
   • 2. ignominiousness noun

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