ignominious

adjective
🔊/ˌɪɡnəˈmɪniəs/
🔊/ˌɪɡnəˈmɪniəs/
(formal)
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  1. that makes, or should make, you feel ashamed耻辱的;可耻的;不光彩的 synonym disgraceful, humiliating
    • an ignominious defeat可耻的失败
    • He made one mistake and his career came to an ignominious end.他犯了一个错误,他的事业就很不体面地结束了。🔊🔊
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryIgnominious is used with these nouns:
    • defeat
    • retreat
    • withdrawal
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from French ignominieux, or Latin ignominiosus, from ignominia, from in- ‘not’ + a variant of nomen ‘name’.