ignominy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ignominy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for ignominy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ignominy n a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison" Synonym(s): shame, disgrace, ignominy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ignominy \Ig"nominy\, n.; pl. {Ignominies}. [L. ignominia ignominy (i.e., a deprivation of one's good name); in- not + nomen name: cf. F. ignominie. See {In-} not, and {Name}.] 1. Public disgrace or dishonor; reproach; infamy. Their generals have been received with honor after their defeat; yours with ignominy after conquest. --Addison. Vice begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy. --Rambler. Ignominy is the infliction of such evil as is made dishonorable, or the deprivation of such good as is made honorable by the Common wealth. --Hobbes. 2. An act deserving disgrace; an infamous act. Syn: Opprobrium; reproach; dishonor.