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ignoble > 2 senses
ADJECTIVE1ignobleCompletely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose
2ignoble, ungentle, untitledNot of the nobility
ignoble > pronunciation
Soundsihgnow'bahl
Rhymesabdominal, Abel, able, and 2061 more rhymes in ahl...
ignoble > adjective 1
MeaningCompletely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose.
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.
Contrarynoble
Similarbase, mean, meanspirited; currish; dishonorable, dishonourable
See alsocowardly, fearful; contemptible; dishonorable, dishonourable
Attribute ofnobility, nobleness, magnanimousness, grandeur
Nounsignobleness
Adverbsignobly
ignoble > adjective 2
MeaningNot of the nobility.
Examples"of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"
Synonymsungentle, untitled
Similar tolowborn
Nounsignobleness

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