Meaning | Completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose. |
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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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Attribute of | nobility, nobleness, magnanimousness, grandeur | The quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct |
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Narrower | base, mean, meanspirited | Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality |
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currish | Base and cowardly |
See also | contemptible | Deserving of contempt / contempt or scorn |
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cowardly, fearful | lacking courage |
dishonorable, dishonourable | lacking honor or integrity |
Opposite | noble | Having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character |
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Spanish | innoble, vil |
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Nouns | ignobleness | the quality of being ignoble |
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Adverbs | ignobly | in a currish manner |
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