English-Thai Dictionary

ignominy

N ความอัปยศ  ความอับ อาย  ความเสื่อมเสีย  disgrace dishonor grace honor kwam-ab-pa-yod

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IGNOMINY

n.[L. ignominia; in and nomen, against name or reputation. ] Public disgrace; shame; reproach; dishonor; infamy. Their generals have been received with honor after their defeat; yours with ignominy after conquest.
Vice begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IGNOMINY

Ig "no *min *y, n.; pl. Ignominies. Etym: [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. Their generals have been received with honor after their defeat; yours with ignominy after conquest. Addison. Vice begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy. Rambler. Ignominy is the infliction of such evil as is made dishonorable, or the deprivation of such good as is made honorable by the Common wealth. Hobbes.

 

2. An act deserving disgrace; an infamous act.

 

Syn. -- Opprobrium; reproach; dishonor.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ignominy

ig no min y |ˈignəˌminē, igˈnäminē ˈɪɡnəˌmɪni | ▶noun public shame or disgrace: the ignominy of being imprisoned. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French ignominie or Latin ignominia, from in- ‘not ’ + a variant of nomen ‘name. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

ignominy

ignominy |ˈɪgnəmɪni | ▶noun [ mass noun ] public shame or disgrace: the ignominy of being imprisoned. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French ignominie or Latin ignominia, from in- ‘not ’ + a variant of nomen ‘name ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ignominy

ignominy noun they face the ignominy of losing three straight games to the league's worst team: shame, humiliation, embarrassment, mortification; disgrace, dishonor, discredit, degradation, scandal, infamy, indignity, ignobility, loss of face. ANTONYMS honor.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ignominy

ignominy noun the ignominy of a public trial: shame, humiliation, embarrassment, mortification; disgrace, dishonour, stigma, disrepute, discredit, degradation, abasement, opprobrium, obloquy, scandal, infamy, indignity, ignobility, loss of face. ANTONYMS honour. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD ignominy, shame, disgrace, dishonour See disgrace . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ignominy

ig no min y /ɪ́ɡnəmɪ̀ni /名詞 複 -ies ｟かたく ｠1 U 不名誉, 不面目, 恥辱 .2 C 恥ずべきふるまい, 不面目な言行, 醜行 .