ignominious

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

(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”Synonyms: black disgraceful inglorious opprobrious shameful

Ignominious \Ig`no*min"i*ous\, a. [L. ignominiosus: cf. F. ignominieux.]

1.Marked with ignominy; incurring public disgrace; dishonorable; shameful. [1913 Webster]

Then first with fear surprised and sense of pain, Fled ignominious.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.Deserving ignominy; despicable. [1913 Webster]

One single, obscure, ignominious projector.— Swift.[1913 Webster]

3.Humiliating; degrading; as, an ignominious judgment or sentence. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]