Adjective
1. (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"2. 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"