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Ignoble

Ignoble Meaning & Definition
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

\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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