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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IG'NOMINY, n. [L. ignominia; in and nomen, against name or reputation.] Public disgrace; shame; reproach; dishonor; infamy.
Their generals have been received with honor after their defeat; yours with ignominy after conquest.
Vice begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison" [syn: shame, disgrace, ignominy]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -nies) Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French ignominie, from Latin ignominia, from ig- (as in ignorare to be ignorant of, ignore) + nomin-, nomen name, repute — more at name Date: 1540 1. deep personal humiliation and disgrace 2. disgraceful or dishonorable conduct, quality, or action Synonyms: see disgrace

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 dishonour, infamy. 2 archaic infamous conduct. Etymology: F ignominie or L ignominia (as IN-(1), nomen name)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ignominy Ig"no*min*y, 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Ignominy is shame or public disgrace. (FORMAL) ...the ignominy of being made redundant... N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n/-ing

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Dishonor, disgrace, discredit, disrepute, shame, infamy, obloquy, contempt, opprobrium, odium, scandal, abasement.

Moby Thesaurus

abomination, atrocity, chagrin, contempt, degradation, demotion, depluming, desecration, despite, discredit, disdain, disesteem, disgrace, dishonor, displuming, disrepute, ignobility, ignominiousness, infamousness, infamy, ingloriousness, loss of honor, mortification, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, pity, profanation, sacrilege, scandal, scorn, shame, terrible thing, violation