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ignominous

ignominous is the misspelling of ignominious.

Meaning of ignominious

Adjective

ignominious (comparative more ignominious, superlative most ignominious)

  1. Especially of a person: deserving of disgrace or dishonour; contemptible, despicable.
  2. (generally) 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.

Questions about ignominous

What is ignominous the misspelling of?
Ignominous is the misspelling of ignominious.

Words near ignominous in the dictionary

  1. ignominious
  2. ignominiously
  3. ignominiousness
  4. ignominities
  5. ignominity
  6. ignominous
  7. ignominy
  8. ignomous
  9. ignomously
  10. ignomy
  11. ignorabilities

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