All 3 Uses of
ignominious
in
Gone with the Wind
- He had died ignominiously and swiftly of pneumonia, following measles, without ever having gotten any closer to the Yankees than the camp in South Carolina.†
Chpt 1.7 *
- But these ignominies and dangers were as nothing compared with the peril of white women, many bereft by the war of male protection, who lived alone in the outlying districts and on lonely roads.†
Chpt 4.37
- Oh, the ignominy of it all, to be sheltered behind Melanie's skirts from those who hated her, who would have torn her to bits with their whispers!†
Chpt 5.54
Definition:
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(ignominious) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame -- typically in reference to behavior or character