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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
In the ignominious manner of his death, many great artists have succumbed to drugs.
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Tennessee entered Week 5 with ignominious distinction.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 6 Oct. 2025
On Thursday, Díaz's Braves tenure came to an ignominious end.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Sheen provides new details on many of the most ignominious moments of his life, including his dismissal from the hit sitcom and the wild interviews that came after.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Tennessee entered Week 5 with ignominious distinction.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 6 Oct. 2025
On Thursday, Díaz's Braves tenure came to an ignominious end.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Sheen provides new details on many of the most ignominious moments of his life, including his dismissal from the hit sitcom and the wild interviews that came after.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ignominious
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Both had been held at El Helicoide, the notorious Caracas detention complex widely associated with political detentions.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Also this week, grocery chain Wegmans is collecting your biometric data and 2010s cupcake darling Sprinkles is closing, as is famed (or perhaps more accurately, notorious) LA restaurant Horses.—
Li Goldstein,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
9 Jan. 2026
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Removing a vile, brutal, and corrupt president without a clear transition plan, and relying on his former regime to deliver if for you, is not supporting democracy.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2026
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Grok, the chatbot of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI, published sexualized images of children as its guardrails seem to have failed when it was prompted with vile user requests.—
The Los Angeles Times,
Boston Herald,
4 Jan. 2026
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The next chapter in Murphy’s anthology will examine the infamous American crime, trial and aftermath.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
7 Jan. 2026
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The same filmmakers who had made his family infamous in 1973 were summoned, once more, to capture his final days.—
Tiffany Jenkins,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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Richards has missed Palace’s previous four fixtures after picking up a nasty foot injury against Leeds in the Premier League just before Christmas.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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Ra Shaya Kyle, feeling miserable with a nasty cold that kept her out of practice for two days, scored a career-high 30 points to lead the University of Miami women’s basketball team to an 89-73 win over rival Florida State University on Sunday afternoon at the Watsco Center.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
11 Jan. 2026
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Texas criminal defense attorney Javier Guzman advised that aiding and abetting charges can result in fines of up to $250,000 and prison sentences of up to 10 years, depending on the conduct and whether the assistance was for profit.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Jan. 2026
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The driver was cited and is expected to get a criminal complaint for endangered driving.—
Mike Sullivan,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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The checklist for cleaning the kitchen was probably just washing dirty dishes, wiping down countertops, and mopping the floors.—
Elizabeth Brownfield,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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Don't be afraid to get your hands dirty.—
Shagun Khare,
Martha Stewart,
6 Jan. 2026
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The bill is meant to explicitly prohibit that kind of shady transaction.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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As would giving Law an award for playing a shady restaurateur in Black Rabbit.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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Here, however, Makowsky examines a purely ignoble figure who feels entitled without accomplishing a thing.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Jets recently saw their local deliveries plummet to an ignoble 4.5 rating, which translates to a meager 350,530 Gang Green households tuning in to WBCS-2.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Ignominious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ignominious. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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