| 单词 | ignominy |
| 释义 | ignominy (once / 1197 pages) n If you walk into class in your underwear, you'll know what the word ignominy means. Ignominy is a noun meaning great public shame, disgrace, or embarrassment, or a situation or event that causes this. The shame can be major or minor: to suffer the ignominy of defeat/the ignominies of old age. When pronouncing this word, the main accent is on the first syllable, and the secondary accent is on the third syllable. Ignominy is from French ignominie, from Latin ignominia, formed from the prefix in- "no, not" plus nomen "a name." The corresponding English adjective is ignominious. WORD FAMILYignominy: ignominies, ignominious+/ignominious: ignominiously, ignominiousness USAGE EXAMPLESJames Madison leans forward, seemingly bent on rescuing the Constitution from ignominy. The New Yorker(Dec 24, 2016) All recent South Korean presidents have ended their terms in ignominy, disgraced by scandals that often implicate their children as well. New York Times(Oct 30, 2016) That rout marked the end of several millennia of coexistence in northern Iraq, and the ignominy had burned ever since. The Guardian(Oct 20, 2016) n a state of dishonor suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison Syn|Hypo|Hyper disgrace, shame humiliation state of disgrace or loss of self-respect obloquy, opprobriumstate of disgrace resulting from public abuse odiumstate of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior reproachdisgrace or shame abasement, abjection, degradationa low or downcast state dishonor, dishonour a state of shame or disgrace |
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