Synonyms for ignominy
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ig-nuh-min-ee, ig-nom-uh-nee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪg nəˌmɪn i, ɪgˈnɒm ə ni |
Définition of ignominy
Origin :- 1530s, back-formation from ignominious or else from Middle French ignominie (15c.), from Latin ignominia "disgrace, dishonor" (see ignominious). Also sometimes shortened to ignomy.
- noun offensive behavior
- noun shame
- Is it the frequency of the punishment that has made you callous to the ignominy and the pain?
- Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 » by Various
- Was there not enough of ignominy for him to endure without that?
- Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
- But are you ready to meet the shame and ignominy of the story?
- Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- I know well all the ignominy, all the shame; but I know, too, all the misery of the position.
- Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- Chauvelin, a man of vigour and capacity, was dismissed with ignominy in 1736.
- Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) » by John Morley
- What care they about sharing his ignominy, provided they share his fortune?
- Extract from : « Napoleon the Little » by Victor Hugo
- But I cannot bear this load of ignominy—I cannot suffer the thought of this crime.
- Extract from : « The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh » by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Everything seemed so vast, so forbidding, it reduced her to a state of ignominy.
- Extract from : « Colorado Jim » by George Goodchild
- The pity of it was driven into his young soul when the ignominy of that defeat was accomplished.
- Extract from : « Lafayette » by Martha Foote Crow
- But when she was alone in the world, she felt absolutely crushed by this ignominy.
- Extract from : « The Son of Monte Christo » by Jules Lermina
Antonyms for ignominy
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