ignominiousness

ig·no·min·i·ous  (gn-mn-s)

adj.

1. Marked by shame or disgrace: "It was an ignominious end ... as a desperate mutiny by a handful of soldiers blossomed into full-scale revolt" (Angus Deming).

2. Deserving disgrace or shame; despicable.

3. Degrading; debasing: "The young people huddled with their sodden gritty towels and ignominious goosebumps inside the gray-shingled bathhouse" (John Updike).

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igno·mini·ous·ly adv.

igno·mini·ous·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

ignominiousness - unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor disgracefulness, shamefulness unworthiness - the quality or state of lacking merit or value scandalousness - disgracefulness that offends public morality