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Hateful vs Ignominious - What's the difference?

hateful | ignominious |

As adjectives the difference between hateful and ignominious

is that hateful is evoking a feeling of hatred while ignominious is marked by shame or disgrace.

hateful

English

Alternative forms

* hatefull

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Evoking a feeling of hatred.
  • Dislikeable.
  • Full of hatred.
  • Derived terms

    * hatefully * hatefulness

    Antonyms

    * loveful

    ignominious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Marked by shame or disgrace.
  • *1902 , Thomas Ebenezer Webb, The Mystery of William Shakespeare: A Summary of Evidence , page 242:
  • 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.

    Synonyms

    * debasing * degrading * humiliating

    Derived terms

    * ignominiously