Found 3 items, similar to ignominy.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: ignominy
fadihat, noda
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: ignominy
ignominy
n : a state of dishonor;
“one mistake brought shame to all his
family”;
“suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison”
[syn:
shame,
disgrace]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ignominy
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.
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Their generals have been received with honor after
their defeat; yours with ignominy after conquest.
--Addison.
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Vice begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy.
--Rambler.
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Ignominy is the infliction of such evil as is made
dishonorable, or the deprivation of such good as is
made honorable by the Commonwealth. --Hobbes.
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2. An act deserving disgrace; an infamous act.
Syn: Opprobrium; reproach; dishonor.
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