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ignominious

/ɪɡnəˈmɪnɪəs/

Meanings
adjective
Marked by shame or disgrace.

Examples :

"The soccer team suffered an ignominious defeat, losing 10-0 in the championship game. "
character negative emotion moral

Related Words

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championship noun

/ˈtʃæmpi.ənʃɪp/

A competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series of competitions.

"The school's basketball team won the championship this year. "

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marked adjective

/ˈmɑːkɪd/ /mɑɹkt/ /mɑːkt/

Having a visible or identifying mark.

"The teacher marked the student's paper with a red pen. "

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shame noun

/ʃeɪm/

Uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor or something being exposed that should have been kept private.

"The teenager couldn’t bear the shame of introducing his parents."

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soccer noun

/ˈsɒk.ə/ /ˈsɑk.ɚ/

Association football

"My son plays soccer after school every Wednesday. "

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game noun

/ɡeɪm/

A playful or competitive activity.

"The children played a game of tag in the park. "

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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by noun

/baɪ/

A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey.

"The bee diligently collected pollen from the flowers. "

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team noun

/tiːm/

A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.

"The farmer used his strong team of horses to pull the heavy wagon. "

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defeat verb

/dɪˈfiːt/

To overcome in battle or contest.

"Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo."

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suffered verb

/ˈsʌfəd/ /ˈsʌfɚd/

To undergo hardship.

"Is anyone here afraid of suffering hardship?"

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disgrace noun

/dɪsˈɡɹeɪs/

The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.

"After cheating on the test, the student lived in disgrace. "

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losing verb

/ˈluːzɪŋ/

To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons.

"He lost his hearing in the explosion."