ignominy

Definition

Great dishonor, shame, or humiliation.

Etymology

Borrowed from French ignominie, from Latin ignōminia, from ig- (“not”) + nomen (“name”) (prefix assimilated form of in-).

Example Sentences

• "But like Czar Peter content to toil in the shipyards of foreign cities, Queequeg disdained no seeming ignominy, if thereby he might happily gain the power of enlightening his untutored countrymen."
• "Bradly came out from hiding with a dyspeptic grunt, too depressed by ignominy to send a curse after the old woman."
• "Calvin: Our great plan backfired and I'm the one who got soaked! Oh, the shame! The ignominy!"

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