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Ignominious vs Squalid - What's the difference?

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Ignominious is a related term of squalid.


As adjectives the difference between ignominious and squalid

is that ignominious is marked by shame or disgrace while squalid is extremely dirty and unpleasant.

As a noun squalid is

(zoology) any member of the squalidae.

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

    Related terms

    * ignominy

    squalid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Extremely dirty and unpleasant.
  • Showing a contemptible lack of moral standards.
    • A squalid attempt to buy votes.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any member of the Squalidae.
  • * 2008 , David A. Ebert, James A. Sulikowski, Biology of Skates (page 126)
    • Numerous diet studies on squalids have shown that members of this family tend to feed mainly on teleosts and cephalopods