ignominious
Causing public shame
Ignominious means deeply shameful or humiliating, carrying a sense of public disgrace.
An ignominious defeat isn't just a loss—it's an embarrassing one.
An ignominious end to a career suggests disgrace rather than quiet retirement.
The word implies that the shame is deserved and widely known: His ignominious fall from power delighted his critics.
Causing loss of respect
- shamefulCausing or meriting disgrace
- dishonorableLacking integrity or ethics
- scandalousMorally offensive or shocking
- discreditableCausing loss of reputation
deplorable · reprehensible · contemptible · ignoble · base · sordid · unseemly · unworthy
Causing acute embarrassment
- embarrassingCausing awkward self-consciousness
- degradingLowering in worth
- debasingLowering in quality
- demeaningCausing loss of respect
abasing · shaming · crushing · belittling · undignified · chastening · deflating · discomfiting
Overwhelming in intensity
- catastrophicCausing complete destruction
- totalComplete sum
- utterTo vocalize words
- abjectUtterly hopeless or degraded
disastrous · resounding · complete · devastating · rout · debacle · fiasco · collapse
Loss of honor
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- infamyExtreme public disgrace
- disreputeDamaged public standing
- stigmaMark of dishonor
discredit · humiliation · degradation · obloquy · opprobrium · odium · notoriety · scandal
disgraceful
Causing loss of respect
- shamefulCausing or meriting disgrace
- dishonorableLacking integrity or ethics
- scandalousMorally offensive or shocking
discreditable · deplorable · reprehensible · contemptible · ignoble · base · sordid · unseemly · unworthy · low
mortifying
Causing acute embarrassment
- embarrassingCausing awkward self-consciousness
- degradingLowering in worth
- debasingLowering in quality
demeaning · abasing · shaming · crushing · belittling · undignified · chastening · deflating · discomfiting · chagrining
crushing
Overwhelming in intensity
- catastrophicCausing complete destruction
- totalComplete sum
- utterTo vocalize words
abject · disastrous · resounding · complete · devastating · rout · debacle · fiasco · collapse · surrender
disgrace
Loss of honor
stigma · discredit · humiliation · degradation · obloquy · opprobrium · odium · notoriety · scandal · taint
- fancy wordsgrandiloquent, magniloquent, sesquipedalian, pulchritudinous, tintinnabulation
ignominioushonorable
Having high moral standards
glorious · dignified · noble · prestigious · reputable
ignominiousglorious
Magnificently beautiful or impressive
triumphant · victorious · heroic · proud · illustrious