About The Word Ignoble
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Ignoble Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Ignoble?
[adj] completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
[adj] not of the nobility; "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"; "untitled civilians" Synonyms | Synonyms for Ignoble: base | contemptible | currish | despicable | dishonorable | dishonourable | lowborn | mean | meanspirited | ungentle | untitled Related Terms | Find terms related to Ignoble: abhorrent | abject | abominable | base | baseborn | base-minded | beastly | beggarly | below contempt | beneath contempt | coarse | common | contemptible | crude | derogatory | despicable | detestable | discreditable | disgusting | dishonorable | disreputable | execrable | fetid | forbidding | foul | fulsome | gross | hateful | heinous | homely | humble | ignominious | infamous | inferior | inglorious | loathsome | low | lowborn | lowly | low-minded | malodorous | mean | mephitic | miasmal | miasmic | modest | nasty | nauseating | noisome | notorious | noxious | objectionable | obnoxious | obscene | odious | offensive | ordinary | peasant | plain | plebeian | poor | popular | rebarbative | repellent | repugnant | repulsive | revolting | scrubby | scurvy | seamy | servile | shady | sickening | simple | sordid | sorry | stinking | unpraiseworthy | unrespectable | unsavory | unwashed | vile | vulgar | wretched See Also | coward(a) | cowardly | fearful Ignoble In Webster's Dictionary \Ig*no"ble\, a. [L. ignobilis; pref. in- not + nobilis
noble: cf. F. ignoble. See {In-} not, and {Noble}, a.]
1. Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious;
plebeian; common; humble.
I was not ignoble of descent. --Shak.
Her royal stock graft with ignoble plants. --Shak.
2. Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base.
'T but a base, ignoble mind, That mounts no higher
than a bird can soar. --Shak.
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. --Gray.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain
hawks, as the goshawk.
Syn: Degenerate; degraded; mean; base; dishonorable;
reproachful; disgraceful; shameful; scandalous;
infamous.
\Ig*no"ble\, v. t. To make ignoble. [Obs.] --Bacon. |
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