ignominiously

With utter humiliation

Ignominiously means in a way that brings shame or disgrace, especially public humiliation: He was ignominiously fired after the scandal broke.

The word implies not just failure but embarrassing, reputation-damaging failure—being exposed or defeated in a way that invites contempt: The team was ignominiously eliminated in the first round.

disgrace

shamefully

In dishonorable fashion

humiliatingly · ingloriously · disreputably · contemptibly · scandalously · abjectly · unworthily · basely · despicably · deplorably

downfall

fallen

Having dropped down

dethroned · toppled · cashiered · dismissed · fired · sacked · expelled · banished · exiled · demoted

defeat

routed

Overwhelmingly defeated

humbled · overthrown · conquered · overwhelmed · demolished · thrashed · drubbed · walloped · beaten · subdued

failure

floundered

Struggled ineffectively

collapsed · imploded · backfired · fizzled · bombed · tanked · faltered · stumbled · fumbled · blundered

Opposites
manner of outcome or departure

ignominiouslytriumphantly

In victorious manner

gloriously · honorably · victoriously · nobly · heroically

social esteem and reputation

ignominiouslygloriously

In a magnificent manner

admirably · illustriously · honorably · nobly · finely

Family

ignominious

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G