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- Dictionaryignoble/ɪɡˈnəʊbl/
adjective
- 1. not honourable in character or purpose: "ignoble feelings of intense jealousy"
- 2. of humble origin or social status.
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Ignoble means morally bad and making you feel ashamed. Learn how to use this formal adjective with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and translations in different languages.
Ignoble means not noble or honorable, or of low birth or common origin. Learn the etymology, synonyms, examples, and related words of ignoble from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Ignoble means morally bad and making you feel ashamed. Learn how to use this formal adjective in sentences and find out how to say it in different languages.
Ignoble definition: of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base. See examples of IGNOBLE used in a sentence.
Ignoble means not good or honest; that should make you feel shame. It is a formal word that is the opposite of noble. See how to use it in sentences and synonyms.
If you describe something as ignoble, you mean that it is bad and something to be ashamed of.
Ignoble means low, common, or humble, but we tend to use it to describe the lows of human nature, rather than economically humble people or places. So a picturesquely crumbing rustic cottage or a cool old diner is not ignoble, but perhaps a sketchy roadside bar is.
