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Definition of Ignominious
1. Adjective. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame. "A shameful display of cowardice"
Similar to: Dishonorable, Dishonourable
Derivative terms: Disgracefulness, Ignominiousness, Ignominy, Opprobrium, Shamefulness
Definition of Ignominious
1. a. Marked with ignominy; incurring public disgrace; dishonorable; shameful.
Definition of Ignominious
1. Adjective. Marked by shame or disgrace. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ignominious
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ignominious
Literary usage of Ignominious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society by American Antiquarian Society (1901)
"ERTAIN ADDITIONAL NOTES TOUCHING UPON THE SUBJECTS OF ignominious ... Those of
you who were sufficiently in- -icd in the subject of ignominious punishments, ..."
2. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1892)
"Last and most ignominious condition of all, Arsaces, Abandon- king of Armenia,
who had dared to ally himself with the King of Eome against Persia, ..."
3. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell (1826)
"... and there find it authentically ascertained, that so far from voluntarily
submitting to the ignominious charge of adultery, she made a strenuous defence ..."
4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"... intercepted by the rigour of the laws ; and the priests of the Christian sect
were confounded with the last and most ignominious class of the people. ..."
5. History of the United Netherlands: From the Death of William the Silent to by John Lothrop Motley (1861)
"... Franco — Embassy of the States to France — ignominious position of the Envoys —
Views of the French Huguenots — Efforts to procure Annexation — Success ..."
6. The American Revolution by John Fiske (1891)
"The position of England at this time was alarming, as well as ignominious.
She had contrived to league against herself, in various degrees of hostility, ..."
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