Ignominy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɪɡnəˌmɪni/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ignominy is a noun meaning Great dishonor, shame, or humiliation.
Meaning
Great dishonor, shame, or humiliation.
Example Sentences
Near-synonym: bad name
Calvin: Our great plan backfired and I'm the one who got soaked! Oh, the shame! The ignominy!
Bradly came out from hiding with a dyspeptic grunt, too depressed by ignominy to send a curse after the old woman.
But like Czar Peter content to toil in the shipyards of foreign cities, Queequeg disdained no seeming ignominy, if thereby he might happily gain the power of enlightening his untutored countrymen.
Word Forms
- ignominies
Synonyms for ignominy
Depending on context, synonyms include disgrace, shame.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include disgrace, shame, scandal, outrage, sickness, ignominity.
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