ignominiousness

ig·no·min·i·ous

I0027200 (ĭg′nə-mĭn′ē-əs)adj.1. Characterized by or deserving shame or disgrace: "It was an ignominious end ... as a desperate mutiny by a handful of soldiers blossomed into full-scale revolt" (Harry Anderson).2. Degrading; debasing: "The young people huddled with their sodden gritty towels and ignominious goosebumps inside the gray-shingled bathhouse" (John Updike).

ig′no·min′i·ous·ly adv.ig′no·min′i·ous·ness n.

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Noun

ignominiousness - unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonordisgracefulness, shamefulnessunworthiness - the quality or state of lacking merit or valuescandalousness - disgracefulness that offends public morality