ignominy

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

• (UK, US) enPR: ĭg'nə-mĭn'ē, IPA^(key): /ˈɪɡnəmɪni/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɪɡnɑmɪni/

ignominy (countable and uncountable, plural ignominies)

1. Great dishonor, shame, or humiliation.
   • 2014, Daniel Taylor, England and Wayne Rooney see off Scotland in their own back yard (in The Guardian, 18 November 2014)

     It was tribal, almost relentless and, in the case of the official England band, there was a degree of ignominy, too, for repeatedly playing a tune for which the words go “Fuck the IRA”, something that could lead to a full breakdown of their relationship with the FA.

   • 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!

• ignominious