Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ignominious

Ignominious , adjective

[Latin ignominiosus: compare French ignominieux.]

1.
Marked with ignominy; incurring public disgrace; dishonorable; shameful.
Then first with fear surprised and sense of pain, Fled ignominious. — Milton
2.
Deserving ignominy; despicable.
One single, obscure, ignominious projector. — Swift
3.
Humiliating; degrading; as, an ignominious judgment or sentence. — Macaulay