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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
Adjective
1. dishonourable
2. of low birth or origins [Latin in- not + nobilis noble]
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)
Translations

ignoble [ɪgˈnəubl] adjinnoble, vil
ignoble [ɪgˈnəubl] adjignoble, indigne
ignoble [ɪgˈnəubl] adjschändlich, unehrenhaft
ignoble [ɪgˈnəubl] adjignobile

ignoble
adj ignoble [igˈnoubl]
shameful an ignoble action.laag, onedelدَنيء، خَسيسнизъкnečestnýlav; uværdig; vanærendegemeinεπαίσχυντοςinnoble, vil, infamenurjatuشرم آورhalpamainenignobleנִבזֶהनीचneplemenitaljasmemalukanauvirðilegur, fyrirlitlegur; ógeðslegurignobile下劣な천한gėdingas, žemas, niekingasnekrietns; zemisksmemalukanlaaghartiguverdig, gemenniegodziwyignóbil(în mod) josnicподлыйpodlý, nečestnýpodelsramanskamligชั่วช้าşerefsiz, alçak可恥的,不光彩的низький, ганебнийشرمناکđáng hổ thẹn
n igˈnobleness
onedelheidدَناءَه، خَساسَهнизостnepoctivostuværdigheddie Gemeinheitποταπότητα, αναξιοπρέπειαcarácter innoble/vil/infamenurjatusپستیhalpamaisuuscaractère ignobleנִבזוּתनीचताpodlostalantasság; aljasságsifat memalukanauvirðilegheitignobiltà下劣さ천함niekingumasnekrietnums; zemiskumsperasaan malulaaghartigheiduverdighet, gemenhetniegodziwośćignimíniajosnicieподлостьnečestnosťpodlostsramnostskamlighetความชั่วช้าşerefsizlik, alçaklık可恥підлістьکمینہ پنsự đáng hổ thẹn
adv igˈnobly
skandelik, onedelبِصورةٍ دنيئَه، بِصورَة خَسيسَهнизкоnečestnělavt; uværdigtgemeinεπαίσχυντα, αναξιοπρεπώςinnoblemente, vilmente, infamementenurjatultبا پستیhalpamaisestiignoblementכְנָבַלनीच, अधर्मीpodlo, niskoalantas/aljas módonsecara memalukanauvirðilegaignobilmente卑しく천하게gėdingai, niekingainekrietni; zemiskidengan malulaaghartiguverdig, gementniegodziwieignobilmentejosnicподлоnečestnepodlosramnoskamligtอย่างชั่วช้าalçakça卑鄙地низько, підлоذلالت سےmột 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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