Definitions for ignominious

ignominious ig·no·min·i·ous

Spelling: [ig-nuh-min-ee-uh s]
IPA: /ˌɪg nəˈmɪn i əs/

Ignominious is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 239 anagrams from letters in ignominious (giiimnnoosu).

Definitions for ignominious

adjective

  1. marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating:
  2. bearing or deserving ignominy; contemptible.

Origin of ignominious

First recorded in 1375-1425; late Middle English word from Latin word ignōminiōsus. See ignominy, -ous

Examples for ignominious

International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's ignominious downfall was more than a personal call to account.

A repatriation ceremony would help bury the ignominious squabbles of the past.

Mike Castle deserved better than this ugly, ignominious end.

But of all these numerous occasions the most ignominious was shortly after the affair with the Grizzly.

Such an experiment was at all events predestined to an ignominious failure.

But this was a death of the most ignominious and painful description.

It was two years after the ignominious end of the Vietnam War and three years after Watergate.

He pleasantly promises the ignominious death of your chief friends.

A groan of distress burst from him, and he fled the place in ignominious rout.

Zidane is famous for providing both the greatest and the most ignominious moments in French World Cup history.

Word Value for ignominious
Scrable

14

Words with friends

19

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