| Main Entry: | ignominious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | humiliating |
Synonyms: |
discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, embarrassing, inglorious, shameful |
| Main Entry: | ignominious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | offensive |
Synonyms: |
contemptible, despicable, mean, nasty, rotten, vile |
| Main Entry: | contemptible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | despicable, shameful |
Synonyms: |
abhorrent, abject, abominable, bad, base, beggarly, cheap, crass, currish, degenerate, despisable, detestable, dirty, disgusting, hateful, heel, ignoble, ignominious, inferior, low, low-down, lowest, mean, odious, outcast, paltry, pitiable, pitiful, poor, sad, scummy, scurvy, shabby, sordid, sorry*, swinish, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched |
| Notes: | contemptible means deserving contempt, while contemptuous means bestowing contempt; the first sense of contemptuous was 'despising law and order' |
Antonyms: |
admirable, admired, good, honorable, loved, respectable, worthy |
| Main Entry: | despicable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hateful; beyond contempt |
Synonyms: |
abject, awful, base, beastly, cheap, contemptible, degrading, detestable, dirty, disgraceful, disreputable, down, ignominious, infamous, insignificant, loathsome, low, low-life, mean, no-good, pitiful, reprehensible, shameful, slimy*, sordid, vile, worthless, wretched |
Antonyms: |
desirous, honorable, likeable, loveable, respectable, virtuous, worthy |
| Main Entry: | disgraceful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shameful, low |
Synonyms: |
blameworthy, contemptible, degrading, detestable, discreditable, dishonorable, disreputable, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, inglorious, mean, offensive, opprobrious, scandalous, shabby, shady, shocking, shoddy, unrespectable, unworthy |
Antonyms: |
exalted, honorable, respectable |
| Main Entry: | dishonorable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shameful, corrupt |
Synonyms: |
base, blackguardly, contemptible, crooked, deceitful, despicable, devious, discreditable, disgraceful, disreputable, fraudulent, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, inglorious, low, miscreant, offensive, opprobious, putrid, scandalous, shabby, shady, treacherous, unprincipled, unrespectable, unscrupulous, untrustworthy |
Antonyms: |
blameless, ethical, honorable, principled, respectable, trustworthy, uncorrupt, worthy |
| Main Entry: | disreputable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonorable, lowly |
Synonyms: |
abject, bad, base, beggarly, cheap, contemptible, derogatory, despicable, discreditable, disgraceful, disorderly, dissolute, ignominious, in bad, in low esteem, in the doghouse, infamous, inglorious, lewd, libidinous, licentious, mean, no good, notorious, opprobrious, pitiable, scandalous, scurvy, shabby, shady, shameful, shocking, shoddy, sordid, sorry, unprincipled, vicious, vile |
Antonyms: |
decent, ethical, honorable, principled, reputable, respected |
| Main Entry: | infamous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shameful, bad in reputation |
Synonyms: |
abominable, atrocious, base, caitiff, contemptible, corrupt, degenerate, despicable, detestable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, egregious, evil, flagitious, foul, hateful, heinous, ignominious, ill-famed, iniquitous, loathsome, miscreant, monstrous, nefarious, notorious, odious, offensive, opprobrious, outrageous, perverse, questionable, rotten, scandalous, scurvy, shady, shocking, sorry, unhealthy, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked |
Antonyms: |
dignified, glorious, good, innocent, moral, perfect, principled, pure, respectable, righteous, virtuous |
| Main Entry: | inglorious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgraceful |
Synonyms: |
blameworthy, contemptible, degrading, detestable, dishonorable, disreputable, ignoble, ignominious, offensive, reprehensible, shameful, unrespectable, unworthy |
| Main Entry: | menial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lowly, low-status |
Synonyms: |
abject, base, baseborn, boring, common, degrading, demeaning, dull, fawning, grovelling, humble, humdrum, ignoble, ignominious, low, mean, obeisant, obsequious, routine, servile, slavish, sorry, subservient, sycophantic, unskilled, vile |
Antonyms: |
elevated, skilled, superior, talented |