ignominy

ignominy
    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}]
    

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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IGNOMINY. Public disgrace, infamy, reproach, dishonor. Ignominy is the 
opposite of esteem. Wolff, Sec. 145. See Infamy. 
    

34 Moby Thesaurus words for "ignominy":
      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