ignominious

ig·no·min·i·ous

I0027200 (ĭg′nə-mĭn′ē-əs)adj.1. Characterized by or deserving shame or disgrace: "It was an ignominious end ... as a desperate mutiny by a handful of soldiers blossomed into full-scale revolt" (Harry Anderson).2. 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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ig′no·min′i·ous·ly adv.ig′no·min′i·ous·ness n.

ig•no•min•i•ous

(ˌɪg nəˈmɪn i əs)

adj. 1. marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating: an ignominious retreat. 2. bearing or deserving ignominy; contemptible. [1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin] ig`no•min′i•ous•ly, adv. ig`no•min′i•ous•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

ignominious - (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice"inglorious, shameful, opprobrious, disgraceful, blackdishonorable, dishonourable - lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor; "dishonorable in thought and deed"

ignominious

adjective humiliating, disgraceful, shameful, sorry, scandalous, abject, despicable, mortifying, undignified, disreputable, dishonourable, inglorious, discreditable, indecorous Many thought that he was doomed to ignominious failure.
worthy, honourable, reputable, creditable

ignominious

adjectiveMeriting or causing shame or dishonor:discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, opprobrious, shameful.

Translations

ignominieuxignomignosovergognoso