Definitions for ignominy

ignominy ig·no·min·y

Spelling: [ig-nuh-min-ee, ig-nom-uh-nee]
IPA: /ˈɪg nəˌmɪn i, ɪgˈnɒm ə ni/

Ignominy is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 90 anagrams from letters in ignominy (giimnnoy).

Definitions for ignominy

noun

  1. disgrace; dishonor; public contempt.
  2. shameful or dishonorable quality or conduct or an instance of this.

Origin of ignominy

1530-40; Latin ignōminia, equivalent to ig- (for in- in-3, apparently by association with ignōbilis ignoble, ignōtus unknown, etc

Examples for ignominy

Is it the frequency of the punishment that has made you callous to the ignominy and the pain?

What care they about sharing his ignominy, provided they share his fortune?

Was there not enough of ignominy for him to endure without that?

Chauvelin, a man of vigour and capacity, was dismissed with ignominy in 1736.

But are you ready to meet the shame and ignominy of the story?

That is, they got the ignominy, and McAuliffe got the proceeds.

Carl is repaid for his worldliness with failure and ignominy.

The people who put guns into the hands have a share of that ignominy.

Then, the German loan would catapult him to ignominy, not fame.

I know well all the ignominy, all the shame; but I know, too, all the misery of the position.

Word Value for ignominy
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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