Meaning of IGNOBLE
| Pronunciation: | | ig'nowbul
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | base, contemptible, currish, despicable, dishonorable, dishonourable, lowborn, mean, meanspirited, ungentle, untitled |
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| | Antonyms: | | noble | | |
| | See Also: | | coward(a), cowardly, fearful | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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