ignominious Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
    opprobrious; shameful; inglorious; black; disgraceful.
    • 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

WordNet

Ig`no*min"i*ous adjective
Etymology
L. ignominiosus: cf. F. ignominieux.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913