a01227546
| type | s |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame |
| examples | Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands Rachel Carson an ignominious retreat inglorious defeat an opprobrious monument to human greed a shameful display of cowardice |
| Outgoing links | |
| Similar to | dishonorable, dishonourable |
| Derivationally related form | shameful → shamefulness |
| Derivationally related form | opprobrious → opprobrium |
| Derivationally related form | ignominious → ignominy; ignominious → ignominiousness |
| Derivationally related form | disgraceful → disgracefulness |
| Incoming links | |
| Similar to | dishonorable, dishonourable |
| Derived from adjective | shamefully → shameful |
| Derived from adjective | ignominiously → ignominious |
| Derived from adjective | ingloriously → inglorious |
| Derived from adjective | disgracefully → disgraceful |
| Derivationally related form | ignominiousness → ignominious; ignominy → ignominious |
| Derivationally related form | disgracefulness → disgraceful |
| Derivationally related form | shamefulness → shameful |
| Derivationally related form | opprobrium → opprobrious |
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