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  2. (especially of events or behaviour) embarrassing because of being a complete failure: an ignominious defeat / failure / retreat. Synonyms. disgraceful. inglorious literary. shameful disapproving. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Humiliating and degrading. abasement. be under a cloud idiom. bring/take someone down a peg (or two) idiom.

  3. ignominious. (ɪgnəmɪniəs ) adjective. If you describe an experience or action as ignominious, you mean it is embarrassing because it shows a great lack of success. [...] [formal] ignominiously adverb [ADVERB with verb] See full entry for 'ignominious'. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

  4. The meaning of IGNOMINIOUS is humiliating, degrading. How to use ignominious in a sentence. Did you know?

  5. adjective. /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. Topics Feelings c2. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?

  6. adj. 1. Characterized by or deserving shame or disgrace: "It was an ignominious end ... as a desperate mutiny by a handful of soldiers blossomed into full-scale revolt" (Harry Anderson). 2. Degrading; debasing: "The young people huddled with their sodden gritty towels and ignominious goosebumps inside the gray-shingled bathhouse" (John Updike).

  7. IGNOMINIOUS meaning: 1. (especially of events or behaviour) embarrassing because of being a complete failure: 2…. Learn more.

  8. Ignominious definition: marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating. See examples of IGNOMINIOUS used in a sentence.