Ignominious vs Notorious - What's the difference?
ignominious | notorious |
Marked by shame or disgrace.
*1902 , Thomas Ebenezer Webb, The Mystery of William Shakespeare: A Summary of Evidence , page 242:
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Widely known, especially for something bad; infamous.
* 1920 , "This is the last straw. In your infatuation for this man — a man who is notorious for his excesses, a man your father would not have allowed to so much as mention your name — you have reflected the demi-monde]] rather than the circles in which you have presumably grown up." — by [[w:F. Scott Fitzgerald, F. Scott Fitzgerald
* 1999', ''"The Hempshocks' sheep were '''notoriously the finest for miles around: shaggy-coated and intelligent (for sheep), with curling horns and sharp hooves."'' — Neil Gaiman, ''Stardust , pg. 30 (2001 Perennial edition)
As adjectives the difference between ignominious and notorious
is that ignominious is marked by shame or disgrace while notorious is widely known, especially for something bad; infamous.ignominious
English
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.