ignominy :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (2)

shame, disgrace

n. a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"

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Fuzzynyms (32)

degradation, abasement, abjection

n. a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken

reproach

n. a mild rebuke or criticism; "words of reproach"

corruption, depravity, degeneracy

n. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"

fall

n. a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a fall from virtue"

devastation, ruin, desolation

n. the state of being decayed or destroyed

outrage, scandal

n. a disgraceful event

pity, shame

n. an unfortunate development; "it's a pity he couldn't do it"

embarrassment

n. some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"

stigma

n. a skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease