ignominious

ignominious meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

Examples of ignominious in a sentence

• Greene died of a debauch; and Marlowe, the gracer of tragedians, perished in an ignominious brawl.1902, Thomas Ebenezer Webb, The Mystery of William Shakespeare: A Summary of Evidence, page 242:
• In sheer malignity, thinking to set back our plans and avenge himself for his ignominious expulsion, this traitor has crept here under cover of night and destroyed our work of nearly a year.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […]...
• For Roy Hodgson it was a desperate and ignominious way to end his four years as England manager.2016 June 27, Daniel Taylor, “England humiliated as Iceland knock them out of Euro 2016”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London...
• And yet it also seems that Khashoggi avoided anything as ignominious as personal bankruptcy.2017 June 7, Adam Lusher, “Adnan Khashoggi: the ‘whoremonger’ whose arms deals funded a playboy life of decadence and ‘pleasure wives’”, in...

Synonyms of ignominious

• abject
• filthy
• base
• beggarly
• blameworthy
• carrion
• cheap
• choical
• contemptible
• cringing

All synonyms of ignominious

Forms of ignominious

Origin of ignominious

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).

Words formed from ignominious

• ignominiously
• ignominiousness
• unignominious

Related words

• ignominy

Words that rhyme with ignominious

• unignominious

Questions about ignominious

What does ignominious mean?

Ignominious means especially of a person: deserving of disgrace or dishonour; contemptible, despicable.

What is ignominious in Urdu?

Ignominious in Urdu is بدنام, رسوا, شرم ناک. See Ignominious meaning in Urdu.

How do you use ignominious in a sentence?

Greene died of a debauch; and Marlowe, the gracer of tragedians, perished in an ignominious brawl.

What part of speech is ignominious?

Ignominious is an adjective.

How do you pronounce ignominious?

Ignominious is pronounced /ˌɪɡ.nə(ʊ)ˈmɪ.ni.əs/ (UK).