Ignominy

Definition: Ignominy

Ignominy

Noun

1. A state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison".

Date "ignominy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1385. (references)

Etymology: Ignominy \Ig"no*min*y\, noun; plural Ignominies. [Latin expression ignominia ignominy (i.e., deprivation of one's good name); in- not nomen name: compare to the French expression ignominie. See In- not, and Name.]. (references)

Synonyms: Ignominy

Synonyms: disgrace (n), shame (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Disrepute	Noun: disrepute, discredit; ill repute, bad repute, bad name, bad odor, bad favor, ill name, ill odor, ill favor; disapprobation; ingloriousness, derogation; abasement, debasement; abjectness; Adjective: degradation, dedecoration; a long farewell to all my greatness; odium, obloquy, opprobrium, ignominy.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Ignominy

English words defined with "ignominy": disgrace ♦ Ignominies, Ignomy ♦ shame. (references)

Specialty definitions using "ignominy": Blue Gown ♦ Coffin ♦ SHACKLETON ♦ Thieves, The two. (references)

Etymologies containing "ignominy": Ignomy. (references)

Author	Quotation
John Milton	Truth... never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her forth.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	The very ideal of ignominy was embodied and made manifest in this contrivance of wood and iron
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Ignominy thirsts for respect
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Ignominy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ignominy" is used about 46 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	46	50,285

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "ignominy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		turpërim (blush, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, mortification, shame), sjellje e turpshme, poshtërim (abasement, abjection, humiliation, letdown, vituperation), çnderim (dishonor, dishonour, infamy, shame). (various references)

Arabic		‏هوأن, ‏عار (bare, black eye, denuded, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, humiliation, mortification, naked, nude, obloquy, outrage, reflection, reflexion, reproach, scandal, shame, stark naked, starkers, taint, unclad, uncovered), ‏ذل (abase, be low, debase, degradation, demean, humble, humbleness, humiliate, let down, lowness, mortify, prostration), ‏خزي (contempt, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, humiliation, infamy, odium, opprobrium, shame). (various references)

Bulgarian		срам (degradation, dishonor, dishonour, disparagement, opprobrium, reproach, scandal, shame), унижение (abjection, come down, debasement, derogation, humiliation, indignity, mortification, prostration), позор (attaint, contumely, degradation, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, disparagement, infamy, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, reproach, scandal, shame, stigma). (various references)

Czech		potupa (affront, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, humiliation, indignity, outrage), ostuda (discredit, disgrace, reproach, scandal, shame, shocker), hanba (boo, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, reproach, shame, stain). (various references)

Farsi		کارزشت , خواری (Contempt), افتضاح (Debacle, Eclat, Infamy, Scandal), رسواءی 2 (Calumny, Disgrace, Dishonor(Ur), Disrepute, Infamy, Odium, Opprobrium, Reproach, Scandal), بدنامی (Blot, Calumny, Discredit, Disrepute, Infamy, Notoriety, Odium, Unpopularity). (various references)

French		ignominie. (various references)

German		schmach (disgrace, humiliation, indignity, obloquy, opprobrium, shame), schimpf (affront, insult), schande (disgrace, disgracefulness, dishonor, dishonour, disrepute, infamy, obloquy, opprobrium, shame, shocker), blamage (disgrace). (various references)

Greek		όνειδος, ατιμία (crookededness, dishonesty, dishonor, dishonour, ignominiousness, infamousness, infamy, ingloriousness, knavery, roguishness, scoundrelism, skuldyggery), ατίμωση (disgrace), αίσχοσ (disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, infamy, opprobrium, outrage, shame), ταπείνωση (abasement, abjection, humiliation, mortification, prostrate). (various references)

Hebrew		חרפה (disgrace, dishonour, flagrancy, reproach, shame), דראון (aversion, disgrace, odium, shame), בושה (disgrace, shame), בזיון (contempt, disgrace, shame). (various references)

Hungarian		gyalázat (dishonor, dishonour, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, outrage, shame, slur, turpitude). (various references)

Indonesian		noda (blot, macula, spot, stain, taint, tarnish), fadihat (disgrace, shame). (various references)

Italian		ignominia. (various references)

Manx		scammylt (scandal). (various references)

Pig Latin		ignominyay.(various references)

Portuguese		inf�mia (infamy), desonra (attaint, black eye, blemish, brand, contempt, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, obloquy, scandal, seduction, shame, stain, stigma). (various references)

Romanian		ticãloşie (abjection, baseness, blackness, dirt, filth, foulness, ignominiousness, infamy, knavery, knavishness, meanness, misdeed, rascality, swinishness, wickedness, wretchedness), caracter ruşinos (ignominiousness). (various references)

Russian		бесчестье (contumely, infamy), позор (attaint, disgrace, infamy, opprobrium, reproach, scandal, shame, shamefulness, stigma, taint). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		sramota (attaint, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, infamy, opprobrium, outrage, shame). (various references)

Spanish		ignominia (disgrace, disgracefulness, disrepute, opprobrium, shame), vergüenza (abashment, bashfulness, disgrace, embarrassment, odium, shame, shamefacedness, shamefulness), oprobio (disgrace, infamy, odium, opprobrium, reproach, shame). (various references)

Swedish		vanära (contumely, degrade, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, infamy, obloquy, opprobrium, taint), smälek (disgrace). (various references)

Thai		ความอัปยศ. (various references)

Turkish		yüz karası (black sheep, contempt, crime, odium, offscourings, reproach, scandal), rezillik (baseness, disgrace, infamousness, infamy, outrageousness), rezalet (disgrace, indignity, infamousness, obloquy, opprobrium, outrage, outrageousness, ridiculous, rotten, scandal, scene, shambles, villainy), namussuzluk (bawdry, dishonesty, dishonorableness, dishonourableness, lewdness, rascality, tortuosity, unchastity), kepazelik (dishonorableness, dishonour, dishonourableness, infamousness, infamy), şerefsizlik (dishonesty, dishonor, dishonorableness, dishonour, dishonourableness, improbity), alçaklık (baseness, contemptibility, cowardice, dastardliness, enormity, lowness, meanness, recreancy, turpitude). (various references)

Ukrainian		ганьба (blot, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, infamy, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, reproach, shame, smirch, spot, stain), ганебна поведінка, безчестя (contumely, opprobrium). (various references)

Vietnamese		tính xấu xa (turpitude, unholiness), tính đê tiện (baseness, contemptibility, contemptibleness, pettiness, scurviness, shabbiness), tính đáng khinh tư cách đê tiện, tư cách đáng khinh, sự ô nhục (disgracefulness, dishonour, infamousness), hành động đê tiện, hành động đáng khinh sự nhục nhã. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	contemptu, contemptui, contemptum, contemptus, ignominia, ignominiae, ignominiam, pudor. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Proverbs Chapter 18, Verse 3
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Otan elqh asebhV eiV baqoV kakwn katafronei epercetai de autw atimia kai oneidoV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Impius cum in profundum venerit peccatorum contemnit sed sequitur eum ignominia et obprobrium
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	The vnpitous, whan in to depthe of synne shal come, dispiseth; and ther folewith hym shenshipe and repreff.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	When the evil-doer comes, a low opinion comes with him, and with the loss of honour comes shame.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Proverbs Chapter 18, Verse 3
Cebuano	¶ Kong ang dautan moabut, modangat usab ang pagyubit, Ug uban sa pakaulaw, modangat ang pagtamay.
Chinese	惡人來、藐視隨來．羞恥到、辱罵同到。
Croatian	Kad dolazi opaèina, dolazi i prezir i bruka sa sramotom.
Danish	Hvor Gudløshed kommer, kommer og Spot, Skam og Skændsel følges.
Dutch	Als de goddeloze komt, komt ook de verachting en met schande versmaadheid.
Finnish	Kunne jumalaton tulee, tulee ylenkatsekin, ja häpeällisen menon mukana häväistys.
French	Quand vient le méchant, vient aussi le mépris; Et avec la honte, vient l`opprobre.
German	Wo der Gottlose hin kommt, da kommt Verachtung und Schmach mit Hohn.
Haitian Creole	¶ Y'ap meprize moun k'ap fè mechanste. Moun ki pa fè respè tèt yo gen pou yo wont.
Hungarian	Mikor eljõ az istentelen, eljõ a megútálás; és a szidalommal a gyalázat.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Dosa dan kehinaan berjalan bersama; kalau sudah tercela, pasti pula dinista.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Barang di mana masuklah dosa, di sanapun masuklah kehinaan, karena arang di muka itu selalu disertakan malu.
Italian	Con l'empietà viene il disprezzo, con il disonore anche l'ignominia.
Maori	¶ I te taenga mai o te tangata kino ka tae mai ano te whakahawea, me te tawai hei hoa mo te whakama.
Norwegian	Når den ugudelige kommer, kommer også forakt, og med skammen følger spott.
Rumanian	Cknd vine cel rqu, vine wi dispreyul; wi odatq cu ruwinea, vine wi ocara. -
Russian	у РТЙИПДПН ОЕЮЕУФЙЧПЗП РТЙИПДЙФ Й РТЕЪТЕОЙЕ, Б У ВЕУУМБЧЙЕН--РПОПЫЕОЙЕ.
Spanish	Cuando viene la impiedad, viene también el menosprecio; y con la deshonra viene la vergüenza.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings
	"Ignominy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: agnolini, ighominy, ignomany, ignomimy, ignomino, ignominty, ignomity, ignomlny, inemin. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "g-i-i-m-n-n-o-y"
	-2 letters: mignon, mining, minion, yogini.
	-3 letters: ginny, goyim, imino, inion, mingy, minny, yogin.
	-4 letters: mini, mony, yogi, yoni.
	-5 letters: gin, goy, gym, inn, ion, mig, mog, mon, nim, nog, nom, yin, yom, yon.
	Words containing the letters "g-i-i-m-n-n-o-y"
	+3 letters: ammonifying, longanimity.
	+4 letters: solemnifying, synonymizing.
	+5 letters: admonishingly, complainingly, domineeringly, ignominiously, inhomogeneity, unpromisingly.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
ignominy	13
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Ignominy

Definition: Ignominy

Ignominy

Noun

Synonyms: Ignominy

Synonyms within Context: Ignominy

Disrepute

Crosswords: Ignominy

Familiar Quotations: Ignominy

John Milton

Use in Literature: Ignominy

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Usage Frequency: Ignominy

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Ignominy

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Modern Translation: Ignominy

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