ignominy

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
17
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈɪɡnəˌmɪni/(UK)
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/ˈɪɡnəˌmɪni/(UK) · /ˈɪɡnəˌmɪni/(US) · /ˈɪɡnəməni/(US) · /ɪɡˈnɑməni/(US)

Definition of ignominy

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Great dishonor, shame, or humiliation.
    “Near-synonym: bad name”
    “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.”
    “Bradly came out from hiding with a dyspeptic grunt, too depressed by ignominy to send a curse after the old woman.”
    “Calvin: Our great plan backfired and I'm the one who got soaked! Oh, the shame! The ignominy!”
    “It was tribal, almost relentless and, in the case of the official England band, there was a degree of ignominy, too, for repeatedly playing a tune for which the words go “Fuck the IRA”, something that could lead to a full breakdown of their relationship with the FA.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from French ignominie, from Latin ignōminia, from ig- (“not”) + nomen (“name”) (prefix assimilated form of in-).

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