| ADJECTIVE | all | ignoble | completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose |
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| all | ignoble, ungentle, untitled | not of the nobility |
| Sounds | ihgnow'bahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | Completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose. | |
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| Attribute of | nobility, nobleness, magnanimousness, grandeur | The quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct |
| Narrower | base, mean, meanspirited | Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality |
| currish | Base and cowardly | |
| See also | contemptible | Deserving of contempt / contempt or scorn |
| cowardly, fearful | lacking courage | |
| dishonorable, dishonourable | lacking honor or integrity | |
| Opposite | noble | Having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character |
| Spanish | innoble, vil | |
| Nouns | ignobleness | the quality of being ignoble |
| Adverbs | ignobly | in a currish manner |
| Meaning | not of the nobility. | |
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| Example | "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth" | |
| Synonyms | ungentle, untitled | |
| Broader | lowborn | Of humble birth or origins |
| Spanish | innoble | |
| Nouns | ignobleness | the quality of being ignoble |
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