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Ignominious

  1. adjective

    (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; - Rachel Carson

    Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands

    Similar: black, disgraceful, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful

Word family

ignominiousness · ignominiously

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Word parts

-ious