Word of the Day – Ignominy

• Noun: Ignominy
  1. deep personal humiliation and disgrace
  2. disgraceful or dishonorable conduct, quality, or action
• Synonyms:
  1. Discredit
  2. Disesteem
  3. Dishonor
  4. Disrepute
  5. Infamy
  6. Opprobrium
  7. Shame
• Usage:
  • “Shame, blind, deep shame and ignominy overthrew his spirit and left it writhing. He stood there shrunk over himself, trying to obliterate himself.”
• Encountered:
  • The short story The Thorn in the Flesh by D. H. Lawrence

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