ignominy
Meaning of ignominy
noun
- public shame or disgrace.
the ignominy of being imprisoned
mid 16th century: from French ignominie or Latin ignominia, from in- ‘not’ + a variant of nomen ‘name’.
Information about ignominy
- It is a name.
- The plural form of ignominy is: ignominies.
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Hyphenation of ignominy
ig-nominy
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- ignominy is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
ignominy synonyms
Meaning shame:
Meaning the action of humiliating someone or the state of being humiliated:
Meaning a feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness:
Meaning great embarrassment and shame:
Meaning a state of shame or disgrace:
Meaning a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person:
Meaning the state of being held in low esteem by the public:
Meaning loss or lack of reputation or respect:
Meaning the condition or process of degrading or being degraded:
Meaning the action or fact of abasing or being abased; humiliation or degradation:
Meaning public disgrace arising from shameful conduct:
Meaning disgrace, especially that brought about by public condemnation:
Meaning the outrage or anger caused by a scandalous action or event:
Meaning the state of being well known for some bad quality or deed:
Meaning treatment or circumstances that cause one to feel shame or to lose one's dignity:
ignominy antonyms
Meaning high respect; great esteem:
Translation of ignominy
- Spanish: vergüenza, desgracia, deshonra, oprobio, ignominia, infamia
- French: honte, disgrâce, déshonneur, opprobre, infamie, ignominie
- Italian: vergogna, infamia, ignominia, vituperio
- Portuguese: vergonha
- German: Schande, Scham, Ehrlosigkeit
Words that rhyme with ignominy
miny, taminy, bigeminy, geminy, quadrigeminy, trigeminy, criminy, jiminy, miminypiminy, niminy, postliminy, jimminy, Chickahominy, Dominy, Hominy, hominy, nominy, verminy
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