| Adj. | 1. | 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"dishonorable, dishonourable - lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor; "dishonorable in thought and deed"; "a dishonorable discharge" | |