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Thesaurus: ignominious

Marked with ignominy; in curring public disgrace; dishonorable; shameful.

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  1. a. Marked with ignominy; in curring public disgrace; dishonorable; shameful.
  2. a. Deserving ignominy; despicable.
  3. a. Humiliating; degrading; as, an ignominious judgment or sentence.
  4. adj. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
  5. 1. Marked with ignominy; in curring public disgrace; dishonorable; shameful. Then first with fear surprised and sense of pain, Fled ignominious. Milton. 2. Deserving ignominy; despicable. One single, obscure, ignominious projector. Swift. 3. Humiliating; degrading; as, an ignominious judgment or sentence. Macaulay.
  6. j:100 s (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame