ignominious
(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 • Syn: black, disgraceful, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful • Similar to: dishonorable, dishonourable • Derivationally related forms: shamefulness (for: shameful), opprobrium (for: opprobrious), ignominy, ignominiousness, disgracefulness (for: disgraceful)
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