IGNOMINIOUS Synonyms: 123 Similar and Opposite Words

ignominious

adjective

ˌig-nə-ˈmi-nē-əs

Definition of ignominious next

as in notorious

not respectable some of his friends considered the low-level job to be an ignominious fate for the laid-off executive

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as in vile

not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency the prison guards degraded themselves with their inhumane, ignominious treatment of the prisoners

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Recent Examples of ignominious But doubts surrounding Dana, Tod, Lynn, and Naveen aren’t serious (even Lynn’s ignominious introduction gets swept under the rug), and what little there is to find out is held back at the expense of the ensemble. —

Ben Travers, IndieWire, 8 Feb. 2026 Dan Cox did and led Republicans to an ignominious defeat. —

Kevin Igoe, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2026 Lisa’s fate was ignominious—thousands of unsold units were literally buried in a Utah landfill, an almost comical end for such a historically significant machine. —

Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026 Houston’s 10th straight win was hardly a thing of beauty, as a thrilling opening weekend of the playoffs ended with a rock fight between clubs trying to shed some ignominious playoff history. —

Will Graves, Twin Cities, 13 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ignominious

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He was booked into the Erie County Holding Center, a maximum-security complex once notorious for inadequate medical and mental health care.

— Dan Barry, New York Times, 12 May 2026
Enthralled by Felipe Rose, a go-go boy decked out in Native American regalia at the Anvil, a notorious gay Manhattan disco, Morali applied that approach to his next conceptual act, Village People.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026