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- Dictionaryignoble/ɪɡˈnəʊbl/
adjective
- 1. not honourable in character or purpose: "ignoble feelings of intense jealousy"
- 2. of humble origin or social status.
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adjective. formal uk / ɪɡˈnəʊ.b ə l / us / ɪɡˈnoʊ.b ə l / Add to word list. morally bad and making you feel ashamed: an ignoble action / idea. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Humiliating and degrading. abasement. be under a cloud idiom. bring/take someone down a peg (or two) idiom. bruise someone's ego idiom. disgraced. dishonourable.
mean suggests small-mindedness, ill temper, or cupidity. ignoble suggests a loss or lack of some essential high quality of mind or spirit. abject may imply degradation, debasement, or servility. sordid is stronger than all of these in stressing physical or spiritual degradation and abjectness.
adjective. formal us / ɪɡˈnoʊ.b ə l / uk / ɪɡˈnəʊ.b ə l / Add to word list. morally bad and making you feel ashamed: an ignoble action / idea. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Humiliating and degrading. abasement. be under a cloud idiom. bring/take someone down a peg (or two) idiom. bruise someone's ego idiom. disgraced. dishonorable.
1. dishonourable; base; despicable. 2. of low birth or origins; humble; common. 3. of low quality; inferior. 4. falconry. a. designating short-winged hawks that capture their quarry by swiftness and adroitness of flight.
Definition of ignoble adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Ignoble definition: of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base. See examples of IGNOBLE used in a sentence.
ignoble. ( ɪɡˈnəʊbəl) adj. 1. dishonourable; base; despicable. 2. of low birth or origins; humble; common. 3. of low quality; inferior. 4. (Falconry) falconry. a. designating short-winged hawks that capture their quarry by swiftness and adroitness of flight.
ig•no•ble (ig nō′ bəl), adj. of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base: his ignoble purposes. of low grade or quality; inferior. not noble; of humble descent or rank. Sport [ Falconry.]noting any hawk with short wings that chases or rakes after the quarry.
Ignoble means low, common, or humble, but we tend to use it to describe the lows of human nature, rather than economically humble people or places. So a picturesquely crumbing rustic cottage or a cool old diner is not ignoble, but perhaps a sketchy roadside bar is.
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