Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ignominious \Ig`no*min"i*ous\, a. [L. ignominiosus: cf. F.
   ignominieux.]
   1. Marked with ignominy; in curring 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.

Source : WordNet®

ignominious
     adj : (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}]