ignominiousness

9.9

A state of public shame that makes people lose respect

noun
/ˌɪɡnəˈmɪniəsnəs/

Formal

: ignominia

The coach was concerned about the team's ignominiousness after their humiliating defeat in the championship game.

Examples

The politician's ignominiousness became public when details of his scandalous behavior were revealed.
Her ignominiousness was evident when she was called out for her dishonesty during the presentation.
The man will say, much to my dismay, 'your patriotism is a virtue of your circumstance, not your ignominiousness!'

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Synonyms

dishonor

vsignominiousness

35 5.1

Shame and loss of respect after bad actions

is the ongoing quality that causes public disgrace

infamy

vsignominiousness

21 7.6

Being known for something very bad or shameful

is the quality that causes public disgrace rather than fame

opprobrium

vsignominiousness

Formal

3 9.9

Strong public shame and criticism for doing something very wrong

is the general quality that causes shame rather than the external criticism

ignominy

vsignominiousness

Literature

2 9.3

Shame and loss of respect felt by many people

is the quality of causing or deserving that public shame

ill fame

vsignominiousness

1 8.1

Being widely known for something bad

is the quality that makes someone deserve public shame instead

obloquy

vsignominiousness

Literature

1 9.9

A public attack in words that shames a person and harms their reputation

is the inner quality that deserves or causes public shame rather than the criticism

disgracefulness

vsignominiousness

7.8

The state of deserving public shame because of wrong actions

is the general quality of causing public shame

shamefulness

vsignominiousness

6.0

A feeling of embarrassment and being judged by other people

is the abstract state that makes someone publicly ashamed

dishonorableness

vsignominiousness

9.3

A quality of not being worthy of respect

is the moral quality that leads to public shame

infame

vsignominiousness

Archaic

9.9

A state when many people think someone has a bad reputation

is the quality of causing public shame rather than just being known

disreputability

vsignominiousness

9.0

The state of being seen as not respectable or having a bad reputation

is the deeper moral state causing public disgrace rather than mere reputation

ignobility

vsignominiousness

Archaic

9.7

A state of being shameful and without honor

is the low character quality that can lead to public shame

scandalousness

vsignominiousness

7.2

Behavior that shocks or offends many people

is the general deserving-of-shame quality rather than causing moral shock

Antonyms

honor

∞ 2.2

Respect given to a person for good moral behavior

How Shameful

humiliation

Offensive

148 4.2

to disgrace

62 4.5

ignominiousness

Formal

9.9

shame

418 2.3

embarrassment

219 3.1

Surface Forms

ignominiousness singular

ignominiousnesses plural

Morphology

ignominiousness = ignominious (transparent) = ignominious + ness

A standard nominalization formed from the adjective 'ignominious' with the productive suffix '-ness', so the meaning is predictable from the adjective.

Etymology

Ignominiousness comes from the Latin parts in- 'not' and nomen 'name', so it originally meant being 'without a good name'. So, ignominiousness is the state of causing public shame or disgrace.