ignominious

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ignominious in WordNet English dictionary

adjective

(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"
black disgraceful ignominious inglorious opprobrious shameful

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