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What (who) is IGNOMINIOUS - definition
ignominious
If you describe an experience or action as ignominious, you mean it is embarrassing because it shows a great lack of success. (FORMAL)
...their ignominious defeat...
= humiliating
ADJ
• ignominiously
Their soldiers had to retreat ignominiously after losing hundreds of lives.
ADV: ADV with v
Ignominious
·adj Deserving ignominy; despicable.
II. Ignominious ·adj Humiliating; degrading; as, an ignominious judgment or sentence.
III. Ignominious ·adj Marked with ignominy; in curring public disgrace; dishonorable; shameful.
ignominious
[??gn?'m?n??s]
¦ adjective deserving or causing public disgrace or shame.
Derivatives
ignominiously adverb
ignominiousness noun
ignominy noun
Origin
ME: from Fr. ignominieux, or L. ignominiosus, from ignominia, from in- 'not' + a var. of nomen 'name'.
Examples of use of IGNOMINIOUS
1. The United States and Israel also suffered ignominious military defeat.
2. A military withdrawal, ignominious or not, is simply not in the cards.
3. Ironically, it was a year to the day since McLeish‘s ignominious resignation following his ‘Officegate‘ debacle.
4. Meanwhile in Afghanistan, five years after their ignominious ouster, the Taliban have never looked stronger.
5. Ignominious Yesterday he was sentenced to seven years and four months in prison.