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ignoble definition
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Grep of noun ignoble ignobleness Overview of adj ignoble The adj ignoble has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. ignoble -- (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.) 2. ignoble, ungentle, untitled -- (not of the nobility; "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"; "untitled civilians") Antonyms of adj ignoble 2 senses of ignoble Sense 1 ignoble (vs. noble) noble (vs. ignoble) => dignifying, ennobling => exalted, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded => greathearted, magnanimous Sense 2 ignoble, ungentle, untitled INDIRECT (VIA lowborn) -> noble Similarity of adj ignoble 2 senses of ignoble Sense 1 ignoble (vs. noble) => base, mean meanspirited => contemptible, despicable => currish => dishonorable, dishonourable Also See-> contemptible#1; cowardly#1, coward#1, fearful#3; dishonorable#1, dishonourable#1 Sense 2 ignoble, ungentle, untitled => lowborn (vs. noble) Attributes of adj ignoble 1 of 2 senses of ignoble Sense 1 ignoble (vs. noble) => nobility, magnanimousness, grandeur Familiarity of adj ignoble ignoble used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj ignoble ignoble Overview of adj ignoble The adj ignoble has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. ignoble -- (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.) 2. ignoble, ungentle, untitled -- (not of the nobility; "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"; "untitled civilians")
ignoble definition
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