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ignoble

  • EN [ ɪɡˈnəʊbl]
  • US [ ɪɡˈnoʊbl]
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English definition

    Adjective

  • 1. 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. not of the nobility;

    • "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"
    • "untitled civilians"

Example sentences

  • To betray a friend is ignoble.

  • But in an old man who has known joys and sorrows, and has achieved whatever work it was in him to do, the fear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble.

  • To bettay a friend is ignoble.

  • But in an old man who has known human joys and sorrows, and has achieved whatever work it was in him to do, the fear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble.

  • Mr. Baldwin was, of course, not moved by any ignoble wish to remain in office.

  • He acquired a slouching gait, and ignoble look.

  • Nathan Hale would sooner die a hero than drag out an ignoble existence.

  • There's something cowardly and ignoble about such an attitude.

  • Some very great men have come from ignoble families.

  • He is an ignoble man.

  • Javert, though frightful , had nothing ignoble about him.

  • It was some foul parody, some infamous ignoble satire.

  • Values are ignoble or noble according to one's prejudices and intentions.

  • Ignoble fear in the face of danger or pain.

  • The fear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble.

  • Whatever work it was in him to do, the fear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble.

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