ignominious
adjective
[ ˌɪɡnəˈmɪnɪəs ]
• deserving or causing public disgrace or shame.
• "no other party risked ignominious defeat"
Similar:
humiliating,
undignified,
embarrassing,
mortifying,
shameful,
disgraceful,
dishonourable,
discreditable,
ignoble,
inglorious,
abject,
sorry,
wretched,
miserable,
pitiful,
humiliatory,
Origin:
late Middle English: from French ignominieux, or Latin ignominiosus, from ignominia (see ignominy).
