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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | ignoble | Completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose |
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| 2 | ignoble, ungentle, untitled | Not of the nobility |
| Sounds | ihgnow'bahl |
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| Rhymes | abdominal, Abel, able, and 2061 more rhymes in ahl... |
| Meaning | Completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose. |
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| Examples | "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. |
| Contrary | noble |
| Similar | base, mean, meanspirited; currish; dishonorable, dishonourable |
| See also | cowardly, fearful; contemptible; dishonorable, dishonourable |
| Attribute of | nobility, nobleness, magnanimousness, grandeur |
| Nouns | ignobleness |
| Adverbs | ignobly |
| Meaning | Not of the nobility. |
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| Examples | "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth" |
| Synonyms | ungentle, untitled |
| Similar to | lowborn |
| Nouns | ignobleness |
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