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ignominious


 
  Grep  of  noun  ignominious 
  ignominiousness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  ignominious 
 
  The  adj  ignominious  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  black,  disgraceful,  ignominious,  inglorious,  opprobrious,  shameful  --  ((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") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  ignominious 
 
  1  sense  of  ignominious 
 
  Sense  1 
  black,  disgraceful,  ignominious,  inglorious,  opprobrious,  shameful 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  dishonorable)  ->  honorable,  honourable 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  ignominious 
 
  1  sense  of  ignominious 
 
  Sense  1 
  black,  disgraceful,  ignominious,  inglorious,  opprobrious,  shameful 
  =>  dishonorable  (vs.  honorable),  dishonourable 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  ignominious 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  ignominious 
 
  ignominious  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  ignominious 
  ignominious 
 
  Overview  of  adj  ignominious 
 
  The  adj  ignominious  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  black,  disgraceful,  ignominious,  inglorious,  opprobrious,  shameful  --  ((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") 



ignominious definition