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Ignominious vs Embarassing - What's the difference?

ignominious | embarassing |

As an adjective ignominious

is marked by shame or disgrace.

As a noun embarassing is

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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.
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  • 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

    embarassing

    English

    Noun

    (head)