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Ignoble Definition And Meaning
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 \Igno"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. \Igno"ble\, v. t. To make ignoble. [Obs.] --Bacon.

Ignoble Definition And Meaning

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"

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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