ignominious UK /ˌɪɡ.nə(ʊ)ˈmɪ.ni.əs/US /ɪɡ.nəˈmɪ.ni.əs/ adjective2 •Especially of a person: deserving of disgrace or dishonour; contemptible, despicable. •Causing or marked by disgrace or dishonour; disgraceful, dishonourable; also (loosely), humiliating, shameful.The time when the pseudovirtuous men and women die a painful and ignominious death has yet to come. formsmore ignominious · most ignominious