Phrases with «ignominy»

Ignominy means public shame or disgrace that comes from doing something embarrassing, dishonorable, or morally wrong. It is a feeling of humiliation or embarrassment caused by one's actions or the way others perceive them. Full definition

Sentences with «ignominy»

  • The ultimate ignominy of not being able to organise our own party conference has been avoided, but we have not been further from power since the 1930s. (newstatesman.com)
  • This death in ignominy and shame was soon to be celebrated in adoration by a mighty throng of confessors of Jesus. (religion-online.org)
  • Documenting the untold story of the online - dating industry's rise from ignominy to ubiquity — beginning with its early days as «computer dating» at Harvard in 1965 — Slater offers a lively, entertaining, and thought provoking account of how we have, for better and worse, embraced technology in the most intimate aspect of our lives. (amazon.com)
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