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Definition of Ignominiousness
1. Noun. Unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor.
Generic synonyms: Unworthiness
Specialized synonyms: Scandalousness
Derivative terms: Disgraceful, Ignominious, Shameful, Shameful
Definition of Ignominiousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ignominiousness
Literary usage of Ignominiousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Queen Elizabeth by Jacob Abbott (1917)
"... came the Reformation in England. The Catholics reproach us, and, it must be
confessed, with some justice, with the ignominiousness of its ®rigin. ..."
2. Plymouth Pulpit: Sermons Preached in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn by Henry Ward Beecher (1875)
"The ignominiousness of our conception of peace is shown in this—that it is supposed
to be merely absence vf suffering. Sleep is supposed to be peace-bearing ..."
3. The Chinese Recorder (1906)
"They hate disgrace and shame, exposure, and the ignominiousness of loss more than
the loss itself. This has become a very tender spot in the Chinese ..."
4. Yale Yarns: Sketches of Life at Yale University by John Seymour Wood (1903)
"... seemed to feel the ignominiousness of the behavior of his fellow-men very keenly.
" And—she wants you to dance with her at the Prom.," said Nelson. ..."
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