ignominy
pronunciation
How to pronounce ignominy in British English:
UK [ˈɪgnəmɪni]
How to pronounce ignominy in American English:
US [ˈɪɡnəˌmɪni, -məni]
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- Noun:
- a state of dishonor
Word Origin
- ignominy (n.)
- 1530s, back-formation from ignominious or else from Middle French ignominie (15c.), from Latin ignominia "disgrace, dishonor" (see ignominious). Also sometimes shortened to ignomy.
Example
- 1. Last december , unable to cope with the ignominy of being a madoff , mark committed suicide .
- 2. Dell soon began losing market share to hp , and even suffered the ultimate ignominy : falling profits .
- 3. Never again willyou endure the ignominy of being out in public with no way to blow yournose .
- 4. The results are downright depressing , given that japan has recently suffered the ignominy of ceding its position to china as the world 's second-largest economy .
- 5. The ignominy of the madoff name would come to haunt mark madoff in the two years after he and his brother andrew reported their father to authorities on dec. 10 , 2008 .