(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 , ignominious , inglorious , opprobrious ]
giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; scandalous behavior; the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt- Thackeray; the most shocking book of its time
[ Syn: disgraceful , scandalous , shocking ]