Ignominious
English Meaning
Marked with ignominy; incurring public disgrace; dishonorable; shameful.
- Marked by shame or disgrace: "It was an ignominious end ... as a desperate mutiny by a handful of soldiers blossomed into full-scale revolt” ( Angus Deming).
- Deserving disgrace or shame; despicable.
- Degrading; debasing: "The young people huddled with their sodden gritty towels and ignominious goosebumps inside the gray-shingled bathhouse” ( John Updike).