an ignominious end to his careerignominiousig‧no‧min‧i‧ous /ˌɪɡnəˈmɪniəs/ adjective formal 
an ignominious end to his career—ignominiously adverb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- an ignominious defeat
- He was no hero: his final exit was ignominious.
- Heavy losses or, at best, inadequate returns on capital invested have resulted in ignominious withdrawals from the market.
- No other party risked ignominious defeat.
- Pretty ignominious sort of territorial pawn at that.
- So, a sort of ignominious continuation - Elvis Costello's thirty-third album!
- That it was erected, operated for a short while and then reverted to ignominious dereliction are all true.
- The principle of propulsion by Flettner rotors suffers still from their ignominious fate.
- They would wipe out the shame of their ignominious defeat!
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY an ignominious end to his careerCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
making you feel ashamed or embarrassed SYN humiliatingignominious defeat/failure/retreat etc an ignominious end to his career· They would wipe out the shame of their ignominious defeat!· No other party risked ignominious defeat.· The anniversary of his coronation seemed destined to be marked by ignominious defeat.· Saints managed a brief recovery to 18-12 before falling away to ignominious defeat.
an ignominious end to his career—ignominiously adverb