IGNOMINIOUS

black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful

(adjective) (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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

ignominious (comparative more ignominious, superlative most ignominious)

Marked by shame or disgrace.

Synonyms

• debasing

• degrading

• humiliating

Source: Wiktionary

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

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition