English-Thai Dictionary

ignominious

ADJ น่าอับอาย  น่าอัปยศอดสู  น่ารังเกียจ  disgraceful dishonorable mean graceful honorable na-aub-ai

 

ignominiously

ADV อย่าง น่า อับอายขายหน้า  อย่าง เสื่อม เสียชื่อเสียง 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IGNOMINIOUS

a.[L. ignominiosus. See Ignominy. ] 1. Incurring disgrace; cowardly; of mean character.
Then with pale fear surprised,
Fled ignominious.
2. Very shameful; reproachful; dishonorable; infamous. To be hanged for a crime is ignominious. Whipping, cropping and branding are ignominious punishments.
3. Despicable; worthy of contempt; as an ignominious projector.

 

IGNOMINIOUSLY

adv. Meanly; disgracefully; shamefully.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IGNOMINIOUS

Ig `no *min "i *ous, a. Etym: [L. ignominiosus: cf. F. ignominieux. ]

 

1. Marked with ignominy; in curring public disgrace; dishonorable; shameful. Then first with fear surprised and sense of pain, Fled ignominious. Milton.

 

2. Deserving ignominy; despicable. One single, obscure, ignominious projector. Swift.

 

3. Humiliating; degrading; as, an ignominious judgment or sentence. Macaulay.

 

IGNOMINIOUSLY

IGNOMINIOUSLY Ig `no *min "i *ous *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an ignominious manner; disgracefully; shamefully; ingloriously.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ignominious

ig no min i ous |ˌignəˈminēəs ˈˌɪɡnəˈˌmɪniəs | ▶adjective deserving or causing public disgrace or shame: no other party risked ignominious defeat. DERIVATIVES ig no min i ous ly adverb, ig no min i ous ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from French ignominieux, or Latin ignominiosus, from ignominia (see ignominy ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

ignominious

ignominious |ˌɪgnəˈmɪnɪəs | ▶adjective deserving or causing public disgrace or shame: no other party risked ignominious defeat. DERIVATIVES ignominiously adverb, ignominiousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from French ignominieux, or Latin ignominiosus, from ignominia (see ignominy ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ignominious

ignominious adjective he made an ignominious exit after 21 months in power: humiliating, undignified, embarrassing, mortifying; ignoble, inglorious; disgraceful, shameful, dishonorable, discreditable. ANTONYMS glorious.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ignominious

ignominious adjective 1 the leader's ignominious defeat: humiliating, undignified, embarrassing, mortifying, shameful, disgraceful, dishonourable, discreditable, ignoble, inglorious, abject, sorry, wretched, miserable, pitiful; rare humiliatory. ANTONYMS glorious. 2 the regime's most ignominious crimes: heinous, infamous, scandalous, disgraceful, shameful, contemptible, despicable, shabby, wicked, vile, villainous, base, low, ignoble, wretched. ANTONYMS admirable.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ignominious

ig no min i ous /ɪ̀ɡnəmɪ́niəs /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗不名誉な, 恥ずべき, 屈辱的な ; 軽蔑 （けいべつ ）すべき, 卑しむべき .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞