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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ignominious \Ig`no*min"i*ous\, a. [L. ignominiosus: cf F. ignominieux.] 1. Marked with ignominy; in curring public disgrace; dishonorable; shameful. Then first with fear surprised and sense of pain, Fled ignominious. --Milton. 2. Deserving ignominy; despicable. One single, obscure, ignominious projector. --Swift. 3. Humiliating; degrading; as an ignominious judgment or sentence. --Macaulay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ignominious adj : (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice" [syn: {black}, {disgraceful}, {inglorious}, {opprobrious}, {shameful}]
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