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ignominity

ignominity is the alternative form of ignominy.

Meaning of ignominy

Noun

ignominy (countable and uncountable, plural ignominies)

  1. Great dishonor, shame, or humiliation.
    • Near-synonym: bad name
    Synonyms:
    bad name

Forms of ignominity

pluralignominities

Questions about ignominity

What is ignominity the alternative form of?
Ignominity is the alternative form of ignominy.

Words near ignominity in the dictionary

  1. ignominies
  2. ignominious
  3. ignominiously
  4. ignominiousness
  5. ignominities
  6. ignominity
  7. ignominous
  8. ignominy
  9. ignomous
  10. ignomously
  11. ignomy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ignominity (page history and authors); ignominy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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