C2adjective · rare

ignominious

ig·nom·in·i·ous

ignominious · more ignominious · most ignominious

середній

позорный, бесславный

schändlich, schmählich, schmachvoll, schimpflich

Especially of a person: deserving of disgrace or dishonourEspecially of a person: deserving of disgrace or dishonour; contemptible, despicable.

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UK/ˌɪɡ.nə(ʊ)ˈmɪ.ni.əs/US/ɪɡ.nəˈmɪ.ni.əs/

» Tom's ignominious behavior is a disgrace to all of us.

Meaning

2 senses

Especially of a person: deserving of disgrace or dishonour; contemptible, despicable.
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
Causing or marked by disgrace or dishonour; disgraceful, dishonourable; also (loosely), humiliating, shameful.
The time when the pseudovirtuous men and women die a painful and ignominious death has yet to come.
schändlich, schmählich, schmachvoll
позо́рныйpozórnyj, бессла́вныйbesslávnyj

Examples

3 sentences

Tom's ignominious behavior is a disgrace to all of us.
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It is more ignominious to mistrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
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Dr. Jackson suffered an ignominious downfall after a celebrated career.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

causing or marked by disgrace or dishonour — see also disgraceful, dishonourable:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

causing or marked by disgrace or dishonour — see also disgraceful, dishonourable:

Origin

From Late Middle English ignominious (“disgraceful, shameful”), from Middle French ignomin

From Late Middle English ignominious (“disgraceful, shameful”), from Middle French ignominieux (modern French ignominieux), or from its etymon Latin ignōminiōsus (“disgraced; disgraceful, shameful, ignominious”), from ignōminia (“disgrace, dishonour, shame, ignominy”) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of; overly; prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Ignōminia is derived from ig- (variant of in- (prefix meaning not) + nōmen (“name; good name, reputation”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”)) + -ia (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). By surface analysis, ignominy + -ious (suffix forming adjectives from nouns denoting the presence of a quality in any degree, typically an abundance).

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