Ignominy
['ɪgnəmɪnɪ] or ['ɪɡnəmɪni]
Definition
(n.) Public disgrace or dishonor; reproach; infamy.
(n.) An act deserving disgrace; an infamous act.
Typist: Serena
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Dishonor, disgrace, discredit, disrepute, shame, infamy, obloquy, contempt, opprobrium, odium, scandal, abasement.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Disgrace, reprobation, shame, reproach, contempt, dishonor, infamy, obloquy
ANT:Credit, reputation, honor, distinction, glory, lustre, renown
Checker: Otis
Definition
n. the loss of one's good name: public disgrace: infamy—formerly also Ig′nomy.—adj. Ignomin′ious dishonourable: marked with ignominy: contemptible: mean.—adv. Ignomin′iously.—n. Ignomin′iousness.
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Examples
- I soon shall see you again in heaven, where we shall all be happy; and that consoles me, going as I am to suffer ignominy and death. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Little did I then expect the calamity that was in a few moments to overwhelm me, and extinguish in horror and despair all fear of ignominy or death. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- This preparation for bonds, and the additional ignominy it inferred, took a little of the excitement out of me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Ignominy, Want, Despair, and Madness, have, collectively or separately, been the attendants of my career. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- But as Thurid's foot swung so did mine, and I caught him a painful blow upon the shin bone that saved Xodar from this added ignominy. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Dear lady, I had none to support me; all looked on me as a wretch doomed to ignominy and perdition. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- There is no ignominy in death. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- There is complete ignominy in an unreplenished, mechanised life. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Have they ever subjected you to cruelty and ignominy, Dejah Thoris? Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Tortures and ignominies shall be heaped upon you until you grovel at my feet asking the boon of death. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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