Detestable vs Ignominious - What's the difference?
detestable | ignominious |
Marked by shame or disgrace.
*1902 , Thomas Ebenezer Webb, The Mystery of William Shakespeare: A Summary of Evidence , page 242:
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As adjectives the difference between detestable and ignominious
is that detestable is detestable, despicable while ignominious is marked by shame or disgrace.detestable
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Usage notes
* Nouns to which "detestable" is often applied: crime, thing, practices, act, character, nature, person, conduct, villain, behavior.Derived terms
* detestablenessSee also
* hateful * abominable * loathsome * horridAnagrams
*ignominious
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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.