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ignoble

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ig·no·ble  (g-nbl)
adj.
1. Not noble in quality, character, or purpose; base or mean. See Synonyms at mean2.
2. Not of the nobility; common.

[Middle English, of low birth, from Old French, from Latin ignbilis : i-, in-, not; see in-1 + nbilis, gnbilis, noble; see noble.]

igno·bili·ty (-bl-t), ig·noble·ness n.
ig·nobly adv.

ignoble [ɪgˈnəʊbəl]
adj
1. dishonourable; base; despicable
2. of low birth or origins; humble; common
3. of low quality; inferior
4. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Falconry) Falconry
a.  designating short-winged hawks that capture their quarry by swiftness and adroitness of flight Compare noble [7]
b.  designating quarry which is inferior or unworthy of pursuit by a particular species of hawk or falcon
[from Latin ignōbilis, from in-1 + Old Latin gnōbilis noble]
ignobility , ignobleness n
ignobly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.ignoble - 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.
cowardly, fearful - lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley
contemptible - deserving of contempt or scorn
dishonorable, dishonourable - lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor; "dishonorable in thought and deed"
noble - having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character; "a noble spirit"; "noble deeds"
2.ignobleignoble - not of the nobility; "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"; "untitled civilians"
lowborn - of humble birth or origins; "a topsy-turvy society of lowborn rich and blue-blooded poor"

ignoble
adjective
2. lowly, mean, low, base, common, peasant, vulgar, plebeian, humble, lowborn (rare), baseborn (archaic) They wanted to spare him the shame of an ignoble birth.
Translations
ignoble [ɪgˈnəʊbl] ADJ (frm) → innoble, vil

ignoble [ɪgˈnəʊbəl] adjignoble, indigne

ignoble

ignoble [ɪgˈnəʊbl] adjignobile
ignoble [ɪgˈnəʊbl] adjignobile

ignoble
adj ignoble [igˈnoubl]
shameful an ignoble action. laag, onedel دَنيء، خَسيس низък nečestný lav; uværdig; vanærende gemein επαίσχυντος innoble, vil, infame nurjatu شرم آور epäjalo ignoble נִבזֶה नीच neplemenit aljas memalukan auvirðilegur, fyrirlitlegur; ógeðslegur ignobile 下劣な 비열한 gėdingas, žemas, niekingas nekrietns; zemisks memalukan laaghartig uverdig, gemen niegodziwy ignóbil (în mod) josnic подлый podlý, nečestný podel sraman skamlig ชั่วช้า şerefsiz, alçak 可恥的,不光彩的 низький, ганебний شرمناک đáng hổ thẹn
n igˈnobleness
onedelheid دَناءَه، خَساسَه низост nepoctivost uværdighed die Gemeinheit ποταπότητα, αναξιοπρέπεια carácter innoble/vil/infame nurjatus پستی epäjalous caractère ignoble נִבזוּת नीचता podlost alantasság; aljasság sifat memalukan auvirðilegheit ignobiltà 下劣さ 비열함 niekingumas nekrietnums; zemiskums perasaan malu laaghartigheid uverdighet, gemenhet niegodziwość ignimínia josnicie подлость nečestnosť podlost sramnost skamlighet ความชั่วช้า şerefsizlik, alçaklık 可恥 підлість کمینہ پن sự đáng hổ thẹn
adv igˈnobly
skandelik, onedel بِصورةٍ دنيئَه، بِصورَة خَسيسَه низко nečestně lavt; uværdigt gemein επαίσχυντα, αναξιοπρεπώς innoblemente, vilmente, infamemente nurjatult با پستی epäjalosti ignoblement כְנָבַל नीच, अधर्मी podlo, nisko alantas/aljas módon secara memalukan auvirðilega ignobilmente 卑しく 비열하게 gėdingai, niekingai nekrietni; zemiski dengan malu laaghartig uverdig, gement niegodziwie ignobilmente josnic подло nečestne podlo sramno skamligt อย่างชั่วช้า alçakça 卑鄙地 низько, підло ذلالت سے một cách đáng hổ thẹn


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Objects which in themselves we view with pain, we delight to contemplate when reproduced with minute fidelity: such as the forms of the most ignoble animals and of dead bodies.
As a consequence, the Northern and North-western upper levels have been practically abandoned, and the high fliers have returned to the ignoble security of the Three, Five, and Six hundred foot levels.
Those who express sentiments like these, shew only that they distinguish the slave and the freeman, the noble and the ignoble from each other by their virtues and their [1255b] vices; for they think it reasonable, that as a man begets a man, and a beast a beast, so from a good man, a good man should be descended; and this is what nature desires to do, but frequently cannot accomplish it.
 
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