- ignominious⇄adv. ignominiously.
- ignominious⇄ignominious, adjective.
1. shameful; disgraceful; discreditable; dishonorable; humiliating.
Ex. After an ignominious defeat the army surrendered. ... a precipitate and ignominious retreat (Edward Gibbon).
2. deserving ignominy; infamous - ignominious⇄noun ignominiousness.