as in disgrace
the state of having lost the esteem of others
he spent the remainder of his life in ignominy after being involved in a bribery scandal
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Recent Examples of ignominy
And June Osborne’s war on Gilead ends in ignominy and a broken heart?
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 May 2025
None of this is meant to ignore the ignominy of the 2010 off-ice scandal that still taints the team.
—Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
Then there are the routinely excellent displays of goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, without whom Everton would have almost certainly suffered the ignominy of dropping into the Championship by now.
—Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 28 May 2025
Almost all of the same four-digit numerical combinations assigned to the Mavericks at No. 11 would have been the Heat’s lottery tickets had the Heat not instead gone on to endure the ignominy of the most lopsided playoff sweep in NBA history at the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2025
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 May 2025
None of this is meant to ignore the ignominy of the 2010 off-ice scandal that still taints the team.
—Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
Then there are the routinely excellent displays of goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, without whom Everton would have almost certainly suffered the ignominy of dropping into the Championship by now.
—Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 28 May 2025
Almost all of the same four-digit numerical combinations assigned to the Mavericks at No. 11 would have been the Heat’s lottery tickets had the Heat not instead gone on to endure the ignominy of the most lopsided playoff sweep in NBA history at the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ignominy
Noun
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The Australian media called them a disgrace and embarrassment.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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Cuomo launched his campaign in March, four years after resigning as New York's governor in disgrace.—
Kyler Alvord,
People.com,
25 June 2025
Noun
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That would be a shame, particularly given the importance previous United managers have placed on promoting the club’s own.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
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The shame and fear and disgust that welled up inside me, the bullish resistance that struggled to quell it because this man would never hurt me, this man was never wrong.—
Meg Pillow
July 31,
Literary Hub,
31 July 2025
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