ignominious

[ ig-nuh-min-ee-uhs ]

/ ˌɪg nəˈmɪn i əs /

marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating: an ignominious retreat.

bearing or deserving ignominy; contemptible.

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First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Latin word ignōminiōsus. See ignominy, -ous

ig·no·min·i·ous·ly, adverbig·no·min·i·ous·ness, nounnon·ig·no·min·i·ous, adjectivenon·ig·no·min·i·ous·ly, adverb

non·ig·no·min·i·ous·ness, nounun·ig·no·min·i·ous, adjectiveun·ig·no·min·i·ous·ly, adverbun·ig·no·min·i·ous·ness, noun

A repatriation ceremony would help bury the ignominious squabbles of the past.
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It was two years after the ignominious end of the Vietnam War and three years after Watergate.
Read This Book to Understand Lee Harvey Oswald|Joseph Finder|August 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's ignominious downfall was more than a personal call to account.
Christine Lagarde: Can a Woman Save the IMF?|Tracy McNicoll|June 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Mike Castle deserved better than this ugly, ignominious end.
The Wingnuts' New Queen|John Avlon|September 15, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Zidane is famous for providing both the greatest and the most ignominious moments in French World Cup history.
World Cup Primer|Joshua Robinson|June 12, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Nevertheless he suffered an ignominious defeat at the Ilevolds , near Nidaros, and had to flee head over heels to Bergen.
The Story of Norway|Hjalmar H. Boyesen
Thus the first attempt at a party cabinet in Japan came to an ignominious failure under extremely untoward circumstances.
Japan|Various
Such audacity in referring to the subject Adelina fondly thought she had brought to an ignominious end quite took away her breath.
A Singular Metamorphosis|May Evelyn Skiles
What was the value of privileges which must be held by a tenure at once so ignominious and so insecure?
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
By submission we may indeed have peace, alike precarious and ignominious.
Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. II (of 16)|Thomas Hart Benton