English Explanatory Dictionary

ignominious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Especially of a person: deserving of disgrace or dishonour; contemptible, despicable.
  2. Causing or marked by disgrace or dishonour; disgraceful, dishonourable; also (loosely), humiliating, shameful.

Pronunciation

/ˌɪɡ.nə(ʊ)ˈmɪ.ni.əs/ /ɪɡ.nəˈmɪ.ni.əs/ En-us-ignominious.ogg

Word forms

ignominious more ignominious most ignominious

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).

Synonyms

abject filthy base beggarly blameworthy carrion cheap choical contemptible cringing damnable dedecorous degraded deplorable deridable derisible despicable despisable dirty discreditable disdainable disgraceful dishonorable disreputable execrable groveling hylic hylical ignoble ignominious inglorious lame laughable loathsome lousy low ludicrous mean mean-spirited miserable obscene outrageous paltry pathetic pissass pitiable pitiful plebeian punk putrid reprehensible reprehensive reptile reptilian reptitious ridiculous risible roynish scabbed scald

Related words

ignominy

Derived words

ignominiously ignominiousness unignominious

Translations

Bulgarian: позорен Bulgarian: долен Catalan: ignominiós Czech: potupný Czech: ostudný Czech: ponižující Czech: hanebný Dutch: oneervol Finnish: häpeällinen French: ignominieux Friulian: ignominiôs Galician: ignominioso German: schändlich German: schmählich German: schmachvoll German: schimpflich Ancient Greek: ἄδοξος Hebrew: מַחְפִּיר Italian: ignominioso Latin: ignōminiōsus Polish: haniebny Polish: niegodziwy Polish: sromotny Polish: podły Portuguese: ignominioso Russian: позо́рный Russian: бессла́вный Spanish: ignominioso Swedish: vanhedrande Swedish: skymflig Swedish: neslig Swedish: skamlig Turkish: yüz kızartıcı Ottoman Turkish: رذیل
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