Local English word record

ignominious

adjective · 1 sense

(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame- Rachel Carson

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Examples

  • Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands
  • an ignominious retreat
  • inglorious defeat
  • an opprobrious monument to human greed
  • a shameful display of cowardice

Word relationships

Synonyms

black, disgraceful, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful

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