Defenition of the word ignominy

• Defenition of the word ignominy

  • The consciousness or awareness of dishonor, disgrace, or condemnation.
  • A state of extreme dishonor, consisting in being an object of a very serious public reproach approved by the great majority of the population.
  • a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"
  • a state of dishonor

Synonyms for the word ignominy

• • discomfiture
  • discredit
  • disgrace
  • dishonor
  • disrepute
  • embarrassment
  • humiliation
  • shame

Similar words in the ignominy

• • ignominy
  • ignominy's

Hyponyms for the word ignominy

• • humiliation
  • obloquy
  • odium
  • opprobrium
  • reproach

Hypernyms for the word ignominy

• • dishonor
  • dishonour

See other words

• • What is relegates
  • The definition of relegated
  • The interpretation of the word reduce in importance
  • What is meant by be given to
  • The lexical meaning be passed down
  • The dictionary meaning of the word be inherited
  • The grammatical meaning of the word be left to
  • Meaning of the word be handed down
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word location
  • The origin of the word infamy
  • Synonym for the word indignity
  • Antonyms for the word make uncomfortable
  • Homonyms for the word mortify
  • Hyponyms for the word shames
  • Holonyms for the word crumple
  • Hypernyms for the word fold up
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word shamed
  • Translation of the word in other languages fold down