ignominious
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: 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).
Inflected forms:
form: more ignominious
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most ignominious
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Especially of a person: deserving of disgrace or dishonour; contemptible, despicable.
pos: adj
gloss: Causing or marked by disgrace or dishonour; disgraceful, dishonourable; also (loosely), humiliating, shameful.
pos: adj
examples: The time when the pseudovirtuous men and women die a painful and ignominious death has yet to come.
Hath he not tvvit our Soueraigne Lady here / VVith ignominious vvords, though Clarkely coucht? / As if ſhe had ſuborned ſome to ſvveare / Falſe allegations, to o'rethrovv his ſtate.
The golden eagle, which glittered in the front of the legion, was the object of their fondest devotion; nor was it esteemed less impious than it was ignominious, to abandon that sacred ensign in the hour of danger.
And it came to pass that they took him; and his name was Nehor; and they carried him upon the top of the hill Manti, and there he was caused, or rather did acknowledge, between the heavens and the earth, that what he had taught to the people was contrary to the word of God; and there he suffered an ignominious death.
[T]he façade of the cathedral did not stand ignominious in faded stucco, but had upon it the magnificent promise of the half-completed marble inlaying and statued niches, which Giotto had devised a hundred and fifty years before; […]
Greene died of a debauch; and Marlowe, the gracer of tragedians, perished in an ignominious brawl.
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.
For Roy Hodgson it was a desperate and ignominious way to end his four years as England manager. Whatever else happened in that time, his period in office will probably always be remembered for the full-on humiliation that accompanied this defeat and the knowledge it will rank among the more infamous results in the history of the national team.
And yet it also seems that Khashoggi avoided anything as ignominious as personal bankruptcy.
“Oh, what in the Sam Hill are you a-wearing? I thought I was supposed to be Twain.” / “I say you are incorrect, sir. I believe we decided I would be Twain.” / “Twin Twains? That dog won't hunt.” / “Uh, Mr. Clemens?” / “Mmhmm. That's me.” / “No, I'm Twain. Switch costumes, you ignominious pretender.” / “You're more stubborn than a senate mule.” / “Grits, grits, grits!” / “Tarnation!” / “Fancy pants, big-city lawyer.” / “I say you are incorrect, sir.”
Related words: ignominy
Derived words: ignominiously
ignominiousness
unignominious
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: позорен
roman: pozoren
lang: Bulgarian
word: долен
roman: dolen
lang: Catalan
word: ignominiós
lang: Czech
word: potupný
lang: Czech
word: ostudný
lang: Czech
word: ponižující
lang: Czech
word: hanebný
lang: Dutch
word: oneervol
lang: Finnish
word: häpeällinen
lang: French
word: ignominieux
lang: Friulian
word: ignominiôs
lang: Galician
word: ignominioso
lang: German
word: schändlich
lang: German
word: schmählich
lang: German
word: schmachvoll
lang: German
word: schimpflich
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἄδοξος
roman: ádoxos
lang: Hebrew
word: מַחְפִּיר
roman: makhpír
lang: Italian
word: ignominioso
lang: Latin
word: ignōminiōsus
lang: Polish
word: haniebny
lang: Polish
word: niegodziwy
lang: Polish
word: sromotny
lang: Polish
word: podły
lang: Portuguese
word: ignominioso
lang: Russian
word: позо́рный
roman: pozórnyj
lang: Russian
word: бессла́вный
roman: besslávnyj
lang: Spanish
word: ignominioso
lang: Swedish
word: vanhedrande
lang: Swedish
word: skymflig
lang: Swedish
word: neslig
lang: Swedish
word: skamlig
lang: Turkish
word: yüz kızartıcı
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: رذیل
roman: rezil