Associations to the word «Ignominious»
Noun
- Servitude
- Cruel
- Incarceration
- Retreat
- Cowardice
- Defeat
- Punishment
- Hester
- Obscurity
- Indignation
- Captivity
- Doom
- Confinement
- Failure
- Fate
- Death
- Imprisonment
- Shame
- Heap
- Surrender
- Dilemma
- Execution
- Treason
- Flight
- Folly
- Slavery
- Misfortune
- Sentence
- Submission
- Mankind
- Glory
- Manner
- Midst
- Concession
- Sharpe
- Multitude
- Refuge
- Offence
- Grave
- Suffering
- Salvation
- Pride
- Pity
- Sin
- Danger
- Circumstance
- Horror
- Martyr
- Departure
- Pardon
- Enemy
- Soul
- Fortune
- End
- Occasion
- Die
- Weakness
- Liberty
- Fashion
- Roman
- Conscience
- Murder
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
IGNOMINIOUS, adjective. Marked by shame or disgrace.
Dictionary definition
IGNOMINIOUS, adjective. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.