Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - ignominious
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If you describe an experience or action as ignominious, you mean it is embarrassing because it shows a great lack of success. (FORMAL) ...their ignominious defeat... = humiliating ADJ • ignominiously Their soldiers had to retreat ignominiously after losing hundreds of lives. ADV: ADV with v ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Date: 15th century 1. marked with or characterized by disgrace or shame ; dishonorable 2. deserving of shame or infamy ; despicable 3. humiliating, degrading suffered an ~ defeat • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 causing or deserving ignominy. 2 humiliating. Derivatives ignominiously adv. ignominiousness n. Etymology: ME f. F ignominieux or L ignominiosus ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. недостойный, позорный, постыдный, унизительный ignominious behaviour —- недостойное поведение ignominious defeat —- позорное поражение ignominious punishment —- юр. позорящее наказание ignominious death —- бесславная смерть ignominious end —- позорный конец ignominious terms —- унизительные условия ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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defeat позорное поражение IGNOMINIOUS adj. бесчестный, постыдный - ignominious defeat Syn: see shameful ...Англо-русский словарь
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- early 15c., from M.Fr. ignominieux, from L. ignominiosus, from ignominia "loss of a (good) name," from in- "not" + nomen (gen. nominis) "name." Influenced by Old L. gnoscere "come to know." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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