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Meanings of ignominy in English

Portuguese
vergonha
Catalan
vergonya
Spanish
vergüenza

The consciousness or awareness of dishonor, disgrace, or condemnation.

        vergonha

        A state of extreme dishonor, consisting in being an object of a very serious public reproach approved by the great majority of the population.

              Usage of ignominy in English
              1
              The weapon really meant business, not just business, but business with ignominy.
              Raising Steam
              2
              I'd seen the ignominy when people went Satoshi hunting in the past.
              Wired
              3
              The goal came just in time to rescue the final from ignominy.
              The Guardian
              4
              He could not carry out the enterprise; he would reap only ignominy.
              The Roll-Call
              5
              But the final ignominy for all those smarting film producers out there?
              BBC
              6
              Even they could feel the full ignominy of the flight to Ghent.
              Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 15
              7
              The No9 was spared ignominy by Mbappé, who arrived to clip home.
              The Guardian
              8
              Now he had to suffer the ignominy of finishing 38 minutes back.
              The Guardian
              9
              We shall live apart, rather than in ignominy and union with them.
              The Story of Louis Riel: The Rebel Chief
              10
              Again, England suffered the ignominy of being booed inside their own stadium.
              The Guardian
              11
              Turner felt, for the first time, the full ignominy of the retreat.
              Atonement
              12
              How should she endure the long years of loneliness and social ignominy?
              The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
              13
              I cannot imagine the ignominy of walking about with such a mark.
              Too wicked to kiss
              14
              Why not break the engagement now, before it could end in ignominy?
              The Golem and the Jinni
              15
              To eject her with ignominy, retaining one's own dignity in the meantime.
              Here are Ladies
              16
              There are various methods by which you may achieve ignominy and shame.
              The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
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              Translations for ignominy
              Spanish
              vergüenza
              Ignominy through the time
              Ignominy across language varieties
              United Kingdom
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