ignominy

Other forms of ignominy

plural

ignominies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ignominy

What does ignominy mean?

ignominy means "a state of dishonor".

How many syllables are in ignominy?

ignominy has 4 syllables: ig-no-min-y. The stress falls on "ig". In IPA it is /ˈɪɡnoʊˌmɪni/.

What is another word for ignominy?

Close synonyms include shame, disgrace. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ignominy a common word?

ignominy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ignominy?

1 word rhymes with ignominy. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.