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Meanings of most ignominious in English

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Usage of most ignominious in English
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History would remember it as the most ignominious fiasco of Ali's career.
The Irish Times
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The terms were the most ignominious ever imposed upon a prostrate enemy.
Foch the Man: A Life of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Armi...
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That would have constituted one of the most ignominious days in Lions' history.
The Irish Times
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His position, once the honoured guest at Glencardine, was the most ignominious conceivable.
The House of Whispers
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But this letter came in the most ignominious way-pokedunder the gate, papa!
Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale
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We have no other alternative than independence, or the most ignominious and galling servitude.
The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)
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We have now no other alternative than independence, or the most ignominious and galling servitude.
American Eloquence, Volume 1 / Studies In American Political His...
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Already all of us were expecting a most ignominious death, or meditating a miserable flight.
The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4
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But his Grace intimated the most ignominious and painful parts of the sentence were usually remitted.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume II.
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The outraged populace could be appeased with nothing save death in its most ignominious, inglorious form.
Castle Craneycrow
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But of all these numerous occasions the most ignominious was shortly after the affair with the Grizzly.
Johnny Bear, and Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted
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Billy's progress was instantly checked, and he sprawled forward on his face in the most ignominious fashion.
Chatterbox, 1906
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The conviction is to be followed by the most ignominious punishment ever inflicted on large masses of men.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volu...
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Better I should perish at the stake-betteryou should suffer the most ignominious death, than this should be.
Windsor Castle
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The situation was most ignominious.
A harum-scarum schoolgirl
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But the Black Torrent Guards' last candle had vanished several days previously, and in the most ignominious way possible, viz.
The confusion
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