ignominious

Modifies a noun

• defeat: The Swansea Yeomanry had been severely shaken by its ignominious defeat on the 4th.
• fate: She was in need of a lot of attention, but was saved by them from an ignominious fate.
• retreat: Its two-year military campaign ended with the death of over 1000 Indian soldiers and an ignominious retreat.
• collapse: No, we shall not permi t these wiseacres to hide under the table the ignominious collapse of their ignominious policy with the NAP.
• exit: Fitting climax or ignominious exit for golden boy Beckham?
• death: Poor thing, to come to such an ignominious death at sea.

Modifying Another Word

• rather: Marshall's Pen also holds the rather ignominious distinction of being perhaps the easiest place in the Caribbean to see Common Starling!
• very: To-day, for example, I should have come to very ignominious grief without it.