Ignominious
adjective
Causing disgrace or shame.
The corrupt leader was overthrown in an ignominious defeat.
Often appears as...
- ignominious defeat
- ignominious end
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Deserving or bringing public disgrace or shame.
His ignominious conduct led to his expulsion from the school.
Often appears as...
- ignominious conduct
- ignominious dismissal
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Causing disgrace or shame.
The corrupt leader was overthrown in an ignominious defeat.
Often appears as...
- ignominious defeat
- ignominious end
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Deserving or bringing public disgrace or shame.
His ignominious conduct led to his expulsion from the school.
Often appears as...
- ignominious conduct
- ignominious dismissal
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Public Perception
Reflects widely recognized shame or disgrace, not personal feelings.
Their team's performance was so poor, it was termed an ignominious showing.
Pro Tip 2/3Mood Intensity
Indicates a situation is worse than embarrassing, it's deeply shameful.
Getting caught cheating on the test was an ignominious moment for Andy.
Pro Tip 3/3Notable Events
Often used to describe events that mark a person's reputation negatively.
The politician's career ended with an ignominious scandal.
Pro Tip 1/3Public Perception
Reflects widely recognized shame or disgrace, not personal feelings.
Their team's performance was so poor, it was termed an ignominious showing.
Pro Tip 2/3Mood Intensity
Indicates a situation is worse than embarrassing, it's deeply shameful.
Getting caught cheating on the test was an ignominious moment for Andy.
Pro Tip 3/3Notable Events
Often used to describe events that mark a person's reputation negatively.
The politician's career ended with an ignominious scandal.
Pro Tip 1/3Public Perception
Reflects widely recognized shame or disgrace, not personal feelings.
Their team's performance was so poor, it was termed an ignominious showing.
Pro Tip 2/3Mood Intensity
Indicates a situation is worse than embarrassing, it's deeply shameful.
Getting caught cheating on the test was an ignominious moment for Andy.
Pro Tip 3/3Notable Events
Often used to describe events that mark a person's reputation negatively.
The politician's career ended with an ignominious scandal.
Never forget "Ignominious"
Humans forget easily. That's why you should download WordUp: Smart reminders, word games, AI practice, and much more!
Video examples
Daniel H. Cohen: For...
And the only foreseeable outcomes are triumph -- glorious triumph -- or abject, ignominious defeat. I think those are deforming effects, and worst of all, it seems to prevent things like negotiation
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
it is a gruesome and ignominious end for this once great ruler
Video examples
Daniel H. Cohen: For...
And the only foreseeable outcomes are triumph -- glorious triumph -- or abject, ignominious defeat. I think those are deforming effects, and worst of all, it seems to prevent things like negotiation
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
it is a gruesome and ignominious end for this once great ruler
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Nina Bawden
British Writer
I was cleaning out the pigsty at a farm in Wales, where my mother had rented a room, when the results of my final school exam were handed to me by the postman, along with the news that I had a state scholarship to Oxford. I had waited for this letter for so many weeks that I had abandoned hope, deciding that I had failed ignominiously.
Quote examples
Noam Chomsky
American Activist
After the ignominious collapse of the Copenhagen global climate change summit in 2009, Bolivia organised a People's Summit with 35,000 participants from 140 countries - not just representatives of governments, but also civil society and activists.
Quote examples
Martin Van Buren
American President
It seems proper, at all events, that by an early enactment similar to that of other countries the application of public money by an officer of Government to private uses should be made a felony and visited with severe and ignominious punishment.
Quote examples
Kim Jong-un
North Korean Leader
Less than two years after its founding, our Republic inflicted an ignominious defeat on the United States that had been boasting of being the 'strongest' in the world, thus defending its national sovereignty and global peace and security.
Quote examples
Martin Jacques
British Journalist
Labour was always aligned with the U.S. during the Cold War, but the ignominious implosion of communism reinforced the belief that no alternative to the prevailing common sense was possible.
Quote examples
Nina Bawden
British Writer
I was cleaning out the pigsty at a farm in Wales, where my mother had rented a room, when the results of my final school exam were handed to me by the postman, along with the news that I had a state scholarship to Oxford. I had waited for this letter for so many weeks that I had abandoned hope, deciding that I had failed ignominiously.
Quote examples
Noam Chomsky
American Activist
After the ignominious collapse of the Copenhagen global climate change summit in 2009, Bolivia organised a People's Summit with 35,000 participants from 140 countries - not just representatives of governments, but also civil society and activists.
Quote examples
Martin Van Buren
American President
It seems proper, at all events, that by an early enactment similar to that of other countries the application of public money by an officer of Government to private uses should be made a felony and visited with severe and ignominious punishment.
Quote examples
Kim Jong-un
North Korean Leader
Less than two years after its founding, our Republic inflicted an ignominious defeat on the United States that had been boasting of being the 'strongest' in the world, thus defending its national sovereignty and global peace and security.
Quote examples
Martin Jacques
British Journalist
Labour was always aligned with the U.S. during the Cold War, but the ignominious implosion of communism reinforced the belief that no alternative to the prevailing common sense was possible.
Example 1 of 5
WordUp Chrome Extension
As you browse the web instantly look up words you don’t know.
Get Chrome Extension