Ignominious 1100 Words You Need Week 36 Day 4

Ignominious 1100 Words You Need Week 36 Day 4

Ignominious 1100 Words You Need Week 36 Day 4

/ˌɪg.nəˈmɪn.i.əs/ (adj)

embarrassing, deserving or causing public disgrace or shame, undignified, ignoble, inglorious, shameful, despicable, humiliating, mortifying, discomforting, disgraceful, reprehensible, dishonorable, disreputable, discreditable

General Sir John Cope arrived by sea at Dunbar in 1745 with a force of government troops. From here they marched to Prestonpans to confront an army of Highland Jacobites fighting for Prince Charles Edward Stuart (“Bonnie Prince Charlie”). It was an ignominious defeat for General Cope, and one of many Jacobite victories before they were eventually overcome at Culloden.

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Antonym: honorable

Noun: ignominy, ignominiousness

Adverb: ignominiously