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
    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]

	

	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

	

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