[responsivevoice]Ignominious[/responsivevoice] [ig-nuh-min-ee-uhs]
The word of the day is ‘ignominious’.
The word is an adjective, i.e. it adds more information to the sentence.
No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. To humiliate someone
2. Offensive
3. Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame.
1. But this was a death of the most ignominious and painful description.
2. The method of his capture seemed to him quite as ignominious as the fact.
3. Ignominious as such a course must be, it is often the only one left.
4. Mine was now an ignominious role, indeed, yet I knew it was best.
5. Such an experiment was at all events predestined to ignominious failure.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
humiliating, undignified, embarrassing, mortifying, shameful, disgraceful, dishonourable, discreditable, ignoble, inglorious, abject, sorry, wretched, miserable, pitiful, humiliatory, etc.
Some antonyms of this word of the day are:
respectable, glorious, etc.
Quotation:
It seems proper, at all events, that by an early enactment similar to that of other countries the application of public money by an officer of Government to private uses should be made a felony and visited with severe and ignominious punishment.
Martin Van Buren
Social Example:
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