ignominious (
http://definr.com/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]