ignominious

The word “ignominious” has 5 syllables: ig-no-min-i-ous

It's pronounced as /ˌɪɡnəˈmɪniəs/


What is synonym and antonym for ignominious?

In the thesaurus, “ignominious” has 73 synonyms and 51 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for ignominious along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for ignominious

  • atrocious
  • bad
  • base
  • blamable
  • blameworthy
  • censurable
  • contemptible
  • corrupt
  • criminal
  • cruel
  • currish
  • debased
  • debauched
  • degenerate
  • depraved
  • despicable
  • detestable
  • dirty
  • discreditable
  • disgraceful
  • dishonorable
  • disreputable
  • dissolute
  • embarrassing
  • evil
  • execrable
  • foul
  • gamey
  • gamy
  • ignoble
  • immoral
  • infamous
  • inglorious
  • iniquitous
  • libertine
  • loose
  • louche
  • low
  • low-down
  • low-minded
  • mean
  • miscreant
  • miserable
  • nasty
  • nefarious
  • notorious
  • opprobrious
  • paltry
  • perverted
  • reprehensible
  • reprobate
  • rotten
  • seamy
  • shady
  • shameful
  • shoddy
  • shy
  • sinful
  • snide
  • sordid
  • unethical
  • unprincipled
  • unrespectable
  • unrighteous
  • unsavory
  • unscrupulous
  • unworthy
  • vicious
  • vile
  • villainous
  • wicked
  • wretched
  • wrong

Antonyms for ignominious

  • approved
  • authorized
  • blameless
  • clean
  • commendable
  • correct
  • creditable
  • decent
  • decorous
  • endorsed
  • esteemed
  • ethical
  • excellent
  • exemplary
  • good
  • guiltless
  • high
  • high-minded
  • honest
  • honorable
  • incorruptible
  • indorsed
  • irreproachable
  • just
  • legal
  • licensed
  • lofty
  • moral
  • noble
  • permissible
  • permitted
  • prestigious
  • principled
  • proper
  • reputable
  • reputed
  • respectable
  • respected
  • right
  • right-minded
  • righteous
  • sanctioned
  • scrupulous
  • seemly
  • straight
  • uncorrupted
  • unerring
  • upright
  • upstanding
  • venerable
  • virtuous

Meanings of ignominious

  • adjective
    1. Marked by shame or disgrace.

Example Sentences

  • The team suffered an ignominious defeat in the championship game.
  • His ignominious behavior at the party embarrassed everyone who attended.
  • The company faced the ignominious consequence of bankruptcy due to financial mismanagement.
  • After years of service, the politician's career ended in an ignominious scandal.
  • The once-respected professor experienced an ignominious fall from grace after allegations of plagiarism surfaced.

On this page you'll find 124 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to ignominious, such as: approved, atrocious, authorized, bad, base, blamable, blameless.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

base

ignoble

  • abject
  • atrocious
  • bad
  • base
  • baseborn
  • blamable
  • blameworthy
  • bourgeois
  • censurable
  • coarse
  • common
  • contemptible
  • corrupt
  • craven
  • cruel
  • currish
  • dastardly
  • debased
  • debauched
  • degenerate
  • degraded
  • depraved
  • despicable
  • detestable
  • dirty
  • discreditable
  • disgraceful
  • dishonorable
  • disreputable
  • dissolute
  • down-market
  • downscale
  • evil
  • execrable
  • foul
  • heinous
  • humble
  • ignominious
  • immoral
  • infamous
  • inferior
  • iniquitous
  • lewd
  • low
  • low-down
  • low-life
  • low-minded
  • lowborn
  • lower-class
  • lowly
  • lumpen
  • mean
  • menial
  • middle-class
  • miscreant
  • modest
  • nasty
  • ordinary
  • paltry
  • peasant
  • perverted
  • petty
  • plain
  • plebeian
  • poor
  • prole
  • proletarian
  • reprehensible
  • rotten
  • scurvy
  • servile
  • shabby
  • shameful
  • simple
  • snide
  • sordid
  • unethical
  • unprincipled
  • unscrupulous
  • unwashed
  • unworthy
  • vicious
  • vile
  • villainous
  • vulgar
  • wicked
  • working-class
  • wretched
  • wrong

illaudable

  • base
  • censurable
  • contemptible
  • deplorable
  • despicable
  • detestable
  • dirty
  • discreditable
  • disgraceful
  • dishonorable
  • disreputable
  • ignominious
  • infamous
  • lousy
  • low
  • mean
  • nasty
  • notorious
  • pitiable
  • pitiful
  • reprehensible
  • scabby
  • scandalous
  • scummy
  • scurvy
  • seamy
  • shady
  • shameful
  • shocking
  • sordid
  • sorry
  • unethical
  • unlikable
  • unsavory
  • unworthy
  • vile
  • worthless
  • wretched

lame

  • abhorrent
  • abominable
  • abysmal
  • atrocious
  • awful
  • bad
  • bang
  • base
  • bash
  • bastard
  • batter
  • beat
  • below par
  • belt
  • blamable
  • bludgeon
  • box
  • break
  • bruise
  • bruised
  • brutal
  • buffet
  • bum
  • bung up
  • bush
  • bush-league
  • censurable
  • cheap
  • cheesy
  • coarse
  • common
  • condemnable
  • contemptible
  • counterfeit
  • cowardly
  • crappy
  • craven
  • cripple
  • cruddy
  • crumby
  • crummy
  • cut-rate
  • damage
  • damnable
  • dastardly
  • defective
  • deficient
  • deplorable
  • despicable
  • detestable
  • dirty
  • disable
  • disabled
  • disastrous
  • discreditable
  • disfigure
  • disgraceful
  • disgusting
  • dishonorable
  • dismember
  • disreputable
  • dissatisfactory
  • dreadful
  • drub
  • egregious
  • execrable
  • fake
  • faltering
  • faulty
  • feeble
  • flabby
  • flagrant
  • flawed
  • flimsy
  • flog
  • from hunger
  • game
  • gimpy
  • gnarly
  • gore
  • gross
  • grubby
  • halt
  • hammer
  • hamstring
  • harm
  • hateful
  • hit
  • hobble
  • hobbling
  • horrendous
  • horrible
  • hurt
  • ignoble
  • ignominious
  • ill
  • impair
  • impaired
  • inadequate
  • incapacitate
  • ineffective
  • inefficient
  • inferior
  • injure
  • injured
  • insufficient
  • junky
  • kill
  • kneecap
  • lace
  • lacerate
  • lacking
  • lambast
  • lambaste
  • lash
  • lesser
  • lick
  • limping
  • loathsome
  • lousy
  • low
  • low-grade
  • low-rent
  • maim
  • mangle
  • maul
  • meager
  • meagre
  • mean
  • mediocre
  • miscreant
  • miserable
  • miserly
  • murder
  • mutilate
  • nasty
  • niggardly
  • odious
  • off
  • pained
  • paltry
  • paralyze
  • paste
  • pathetic
  • pelt
  • phoney
  • phony
  • pitiable
  • pitiful
  • pommel
  • poor
  • pound
  • pummel
  • punch
  • punk
  • ratty
  • reprehensible
  • reproachable
  • reptilian
  • repugnant
  • repulsive
  • revolting
  • revulsive
  • rotten
  • rubbishy
  • scabby
  • scanty
  • scar
  • scummy
  • scurrilous
  • scurvy
  • second-rate
  • shabby
  • sham
  • shameful
  • shoddy
  • short
  • skimp
  • skimpy
  • slap
  • sleazy
  • smack
  • smash
  • sneaking
  • sock
  • sordid
  • sore
  • sorry
  • sour
  • spank
  • spare
  • squalid
  • stiff
  • stingy
  • stinky
  • suboptimal
  • subpar
  • substandard
  • sucky
  • swat
  • swipe
  • terrible
  • thin
  • thrash
  • thump
  • thwack
  • torment
  • torture
  • trashy
  • unacceptable
  • unconvincing
  • under par
  • unethical
  • unpersuasive
  • unpleasing
  • unprincipled
  • unsatisfactory
  • unscrupulous
  • unspeakable
  • unsuitable
  • useless
  • valueless
  • vile
  • villainous
  • wack
  • wallop
  • wanting
  • weak
  • whack
  • whip
  • wing
  • worthless
  • wound
  • wretched
  • wrong

nasty

  • X-rated
  • abhorrent
  • abominable
  • abstract
  • abstruse
  • abusive
  • aching
  • achy
  • acrid
  • acrimonious
  • afflictive
  • aggravating
  • agonizing
  • alarming
  • annoying
  • appalling
  • atrocious
  • awful
  • bad
  • baleful
  • baneful
  • barbarous
  • barnyard
  • base
  • bawdy
  • beastly
  • bedraggled
  • befouled
  • begrimed
  • below the belt
  • bemired
  • besmirched
  • bilious
  • bitchy
  • bitter
  • black
  • blackened
  • blamable
  • blameworthy
  • bleak
  • bleeding
  • blowy
  • blue
  • blustering
  • blustery
  • brackish
  • breezy
  • broad
  • burdensome
  • burning
  • catchy
  • catty
  • caustic
  • censurable
  • chafing
  • chaotic
  • cheap
  • chilling
  • cloudy
  • cluttered
  • coarse
  • coarse-grained
  • collied
  • complex
  • complicated
  • condemnable
  • confused
  • contaminated
  • contemptible
  • contemptuous
  • corrupt
  • cowardly
  • cramping
  • crappy
  • craven
  • critical
  • crocked
  • cruddy
  • crude
  • cruel
  • crumby
  • crummy
  • currish
  • damaging
  • dastardly
  • daunting
  • debased
  • debasing
  • debauched
  • defiled
  • degenerate
  • deleterious
  • delicate
  • demanding
  • demoralizing
  • deplorable
  • depraved
  • deprecating
  • derogatory
  • despicable
  • despiteful
  • detestable
  • detrimental
  • devious
  • difficult
  • dingy
  • dire
  • direful
  • dirty
  • disagreeable
  • disarranged
  • disarrayed
  • discomfiting
  • discomforting
  • discommoding
  • discomposing
  • disconcerting
  • discouraging
  • discreditable
  • disdainful
  • disgraceful
  • disgusting
  • disheartening
  • disheveled
  • dishevelled
  • dishonorable
  • dislikable
  • dislikeable
  • dismaying
  • disordered
  • disparaging
  • dispiriting
  • displeasing
  • disquieting
  • disreputable
  • dissolute
  • distasteful
  • distressing
  • disturbing
  • dodgy
  • down and dirty
  • draggled
  • dread
  • dreadful
  • dusty
  • earthy
  • enflamed
  • envious
  • evil
  • exacting
  • exceptionable
  • excruciating
  • execrable
  • exhausting
  • fearful
  • fearsome
  • festering
  • fierce
  • filthy
  • foggy
  • forbidding
  • formidable
  • foul
  • frightening
  • frightful
  • fuliginous
  • fulsome
  • galling
  • gamey
  • gamy
  • germy
  • ghastly
  • gnarly
  • god-awful
  • greasy
  • grewsome
  • grievous
  • grim
  • grimy
  • grisly
  • gross
  • grotty
  • grubby
  • gruesome
  • grungy
  • gunky
  • gusty
  • gutter
  • hair-raising
  • hairy
  • harassing
  • hard
  • hard-core
  • harmful
  • harsh
  • hateful
  • hazy
  • heinous
  • hellish
  • hideous
  • horrendous
  • horrible
  • horrid
  • horrific
  • horrifying
  • hostile
  • hurtful
  • hurting
  • icky
  • ignoble
  • ignominious
  • illegal
  • immodest
  • immoral
  • importunate
  • improper
  • impure
  • inclement
  • inconvenient
  • indecent
  • indecorous
  • indelicate
  • infamous
  • inflamed
  • inimical
  • iniquitous
  • injurious
  • insanitary
  • intimidating
  • intricate
  • invidious
  • involved
  • irritating
  • itching
  • jaundiced
  • jealous
  • jumbled
  • kinky
  • knotty
  • lame
  • lascivious
  • lewd
  • licentious
  • littered
  • loathsome
  • locker-room
  • louche
  • lousy
  • low
  • low-down
  • low-minded
  • lurid
  • macabre
  • malevolent
  • malicious
  • malign
  • malignant
  • malodorous
  • mean
  • mean-spirited
  • mephitic
  • messed
  • messy
  • miscreant
  • miserable
  • misty
  • monstrous
  • mucky
  • muddled
  • muddy
  • murderous
  • murky
  • mussed
  • mussy
  • nagging
  • naughty
  • nauseating
  • nauseous
  • nightmarish
  • noisome
  • noxious
  • objectionable
  • obnoxious
  • obscene
  • odious
  • off
  • off-color
  • off-colored
  • off-putting
  • offensive
  • onerous
  • oppressive
  • opprobrious
  • ornery
  • outrageous
  • overcast
  • painful
  • paltry
  • pernicious
  • persecutive
  • persecutory
  • perturbing
  • perverse
  • perverted
  • pinching
  • pitiable
  • pitiful
  • poison
  • poisonous
  • polluted
  • pornographic
  • porny
  • pricking
  • prickling
  • prickly
  • problem
  • problematic
  • problematical
  • profane
  • racy
  • rainy
  • rancid
  • rancorous
  • ratty
  • raunchy
  • raw
  • recondite
  • repellant
  • repellent
  • reprehensible
  • reproachable
  • reptilian
  • repugnant
  • repulsive
  • resentful
  • revolting
  • revulsive
  • ribald
  • rotten
  • rough
  • rumpled
  • ruthless
  • salacious
  • salty
  • sarcastic
  • scabby
  • scabrous
  • scandalous
  • scary
  • scathing
  • scatological
  • scornful
  • scoundrelly
  • scruffy
  • scummy
  • scurrilous
  • scurvy
  • scuzzy
  • seamy
  • sensitive
  • serious
  • severe
  • shabby
  • shameful
  • shocking
  • sick
  • sickening
  • sickish
  • sickly
  • skanky
  • sleazy
  • sloppy
  • slovenly
  • smarting
  • smudged
  • smutty
  • snakelike
  • sneaking
  • snide
  • snotty
  • snowy
  • soft
  • soft-core
  • soiled
  • sooty
  • sordid
  • sore
  • sorry
  • soupy
  • sour
  • spiny
  • spiteful
  • squalid
  • squally
  • stag
  • stained
  • sticky
  • stinging
  • stinking
  • stormy
  • stressful
  • stubborn
  • sucky
  • suggestive
  • sullied
  • sunless
  • swollen
  • tainted
  • tempestuous
  • tender
  • terrible
  • terrifying
  • thorny
  • threatening
  • ticklish
  • torturous
  • touchy
  • tough
  • trashy
  • tricksy
  • tricky
  • troublesome
  • troubling
  • troublous
  • turbulent
  • ugly
  • unacceptable
  • unappetizing
  • unbecoming
  • unchivalrous
  • unchristian
  • uncivilized
  • unclean
  • uncleaned
  • uncleanly
  • uncongenial
  • undesirable
  • unethical
  • unfair
  • ungentlemanly
  • ungodly
  • unhealthy
  • unholy
  • unjust
  • unkempt
  • unkind
  • unkindly
  • unlovely
  • unloving
  • unpalatable
  • unpleasant
  • unpleasing
  • unprincipled
  • unprintable
  • unrighteous
  • unsanitary
  • unsavory
  • unscrupulous
  • unseemly
  • unsettling
  • unspeakable
  • unsportsmanlike
  • unsterile
  • unsterilized
  • untidy
  • unwanted
  • unwashed
  • unwelcome
  • unwholesome
  • unworthy
  • upsetting
  • venomous
  • vexatious
  • vexing
  • vicious
  • vile
  • villainous
  • vindictive
  • virulent
  • vitriolic
  • vulgar
  • wanton
  • wicked
  • windblown
  • windswept
  • worrisome
  • wounding
  • wretched
  • wrong
  • yucky
  • yukky

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