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Imbroglio vs Ignominious - What's the difference?

imbroglio | ignominious |

As a noun imbroglio

is (l) (complicated situation).

As an adjective ignominious is

marked by shame or disgrace.

imbroglio

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • a complicated situation; an entanglement

    • Synonyms

    * snarl

    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