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Definition
deserving or bringing disgrace or shame — typically in reference to behavior or character
- There was a huge, giddy crowd of men who were avid for any diversion, but the cat turned chicken the moment Yossarian released him and fled from Hungry Joe ignominiously like a yellow dog.Chapter 12 — Bologna (99% in)
- It was a familiar, ignominious experience, and his opinion of himself was low.Chapter 20 — Corporal Whitcomb (3% in)
There are no more uses of "ignominious" in Catch-22.
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