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Ignominy meaning in English

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Ignominy

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Noun

1. disgrace, ignominy, shame

a state of dishonor

Example Sentences:
'one mistake brought shame to all his family'
'suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Ignominy

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noun plural -minies
1. 
disgrace or public shame; dishonour
2. 
a cause of disgrace; a shameful act

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Ignominy

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nounWord forms: plural ˈignoˌminies
1. 
loss of one's reputation; shame and dishonor; infamy
2. 
disgraceful, shameful, or contemptible quality, behavior, or act

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Ignominy

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n. pl. ig·no·min·ies
1. Great personal dishonor or humiliation: a military adventure that ended in ignominy.
2. An instance or source of this: had suffered many ignominies because of his insensitivity.

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