WORD: IGNOMINIOUS
MEANING:
1. Characterized by or deserving shame or disgrace: "It was an ignominious end ... as a desperate mutiny by a handful of soldiers blossomed into full-scale revolt" (Harry Anderson).
2. Degrading; debasing: "The young people huddled with their sodden gritty towels and ignominious goosebumps inside the gray-shingled bathhouse" (John Updike).
3. deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The great Ottawa chief saw his partially accomplished scheme withering into ignominious failure.
PRONOUNCE:
ig·no·min·i·ous - इग्नमिनीअस
LINK: IGNOMINIOUS
MEANING:
1. Characterized by or deserving shame or disgrace: "It was an ignominious end ... as a desperate mutiny by a handful of soldiers blossomed into full-scale revolt" (Harry Anderson).
2. Degrading; debasing: "The young people huddled with their sodden gritty towels and ignominious goosebumps inside the gray-shingled bathhouse" (John Updike).
3. deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The great Ottawa chief saw his partially accomplished scheme withering into ignominious failure.
PRONOUNCE:
ig·no·min·i·ous - इग्नमिनीअस
LINK: IGNOMINIOUS
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