ignominious
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪɡnəˈmɪnɪəs/
ignominious
- Marked by shame or disgrace.
- 1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 6, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473 ↗:
- 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.
- debasing
- degrading
- humiliating
- French: ignominieux
- German: schändlich, schmählich, schmachvoll, schimpflich
- Italian: ignominioso
- Russian: позо́рный
- Spanish: ignominioso
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