different between disrepute vs ignominy

English

Etymology

dis- +? repute

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s???pju?t/
• Rhymes: -u?t

Noun

disrepute (uncountable)

1. Loss or want of reputation; ill character.

   Synonyms: disesteem, discredit

   • 1815, Sir Walter Scott, Guy Mannering

     The belief in astrology was almost universal in the middle of the seventeenth century; it began to waver and become doubtful towards the close of that period, and in the beginning of the eighteenth the art fell into general disrepute, and even under general ridicule.

Usage notes

Often used in the construction be in disrepute, bring someone (or something) into disrepute or fall into disrepute.

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Verb

disrepute (third-person singular simple present disreputes, present participle disreputing, simple past and past participle disreputed)

1. To bring into disrepute; to hold in dishonor.

Translations

Anagrams

• redispute, superdiet, supertide

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French ignominie, from Latin ign?minia, from ig- (“not”) + nomen (“name”) (prefix assimilated form of in-).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: ?g?n?-m?n'?, IPA^(key): /???n??m?ni/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???n??m?ni/, /???n?m?ni/, /???n?m?ni/

Noun

ignominy (countable and uncountable, plural ignominies)

1. Great dishonor, shame, or humiliation.
   • a. 1994, Bill Watterson, Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat, Andrews McMeel, ?ISBN, page 168:

     Calvin: Our great plan backfired and I'm the one who got soaked! Oh, the shame! The ignominy!

Related terms

• ignominious

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