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Definitions of ignominious in various dictionaries:
adj - (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
Marked by shame or disgrace: “It was an ignominious end.... as a desperate mutiny by a handful of soldiers blossomed into full-scale revolt” (Angus Deming).
Deserving disgrace or shame; despicable.
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| deserving or causing public disgrace or shame. |
| (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame |
| (especially of events or behaviour) embarrassing because of being a complete failure: |
| (esp. of events or behavior) embarrassing: |
| Marked by shame or disgrace: "It was an ignominious end ... as a desperate mutiny by a handful of soldiers blossomed into full-scale revolt ( Angus Deming). |
| Deserving disgrace or shame despicable. |
| Degrading debasing: "The young people huddled with their sodden gritty towels and ignominious goosebumps inside the gray-shingled bathhouse ( John Updike). |
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Shame is a painful, social emotion that can be seen as resulting "...from comparison of the self's action with the self's standards...". but which may equally stem from comparison of the self's state of being with the ideal social context's standard. Thus, shame may stem from volitional action or simply self-regard; no action by the shamed being is required: simply existing is enough. Both the comparison and standards are enabled by socialization. Though usually considered an emotion, shame may also variously be considered an affect, cognition, state, or condition. * The roots of the word shame are thought to derive from an older word meaning "to cover"; as such, covering oneself, literally or figuratively, is a natural expression of shame. Nineteenth-century scientist Charles Darwin, in his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, described shame affect as consisting of blushing, confusion of mind, downward cast eyes, slack posture, and lowered head, and he noted observat |
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