Is husband getting on held in serious ignominy? (9)
I believe the answer is:
dishonour
'ignominy?' is the definition.
(ignominy is a kind of dishonour)
'is husband getting on held in serious' is the wordplay.
'husband getting on' becomes 'hon' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'held in' indicates putting letters inside.
'serious' becomes 'dour' (I've seen this in other clues).
'is'+'hon'='ishon'
'ishon' inserted inside 'dour' is 'DISHONOUR'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dishonour that I've seen before include "Slight" , "scandal" , "disgrace" , "Shame" .)