Appalling vs Ignominious - What's the difference?
appalling | ignominious | Related terms |
Marked by shame or disgrace.
*1902 , Thomas Ebenezer Webb, The Mystery of William Shakespeare: A Summary of Evidence , page 242:
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Appalling is a related term of ignominious.
As adjectives the difference between appalling and ignominious
is that appalling is horrifying and astonishing while ignominious is marked by shame or disgrace.As a verb appalling
is .appalling
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Verb
(head)Usage notes
* Not to be confused with appealing.Synonyms
* awful, grotesque, horrid, hideous, terribleDerived terms
* appallinglyignominious
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Greene died of a debauch; and Marlowe, the gracer of tragedians, perished in an ignominious brawl.
- In sheer malignity, thinking to set back our plans and avenge himself for his ignominious expulsion, this traitor has crept here under cover of night and destroyed our work of nearly a year.
