 ignoble |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] not of the nobility | |
| Synonyms: | untitled ungentle | |
| Examples: | "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth" "untitled civilians" |
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| Related terms: | lowborn | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] completely 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. |
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| Related terms: | noble base contemptible dishonorable currish cowardly contemptible dishonorable nobility | |
| Similar spelling: |
ignobly |
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