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1. (adj.) ignoble
of low character; mean; base:
ignoble purposes.
2. ignoble
of humble descent or rank.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < L ignōbilis unknown, inglorious =in-in-3+ OL gnōbilis (L nōbilis) noble)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) 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.
2. (adj) ignoble, ungentle, untitled
not of the nobility
"of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"; "untitled civilians"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) ignoble
of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious; plebeian; common; humble
2. (adj) ignoble
not honorable, elevated, or generous; base
3. (adj) ignoble
not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as the goshawk
4. (verb) ignoble
to make ignoble
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Sense: shameful
an ignoble action.
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 Afrikaans: laag, onedel |
 Arabic: دَنيء، خَسيس |
 Bulgarian: низък |
 Brazilian: ignóbil |
 Czech: nečestný |
 German: gemein |
 Danish: lav; uværdig; vanærende |
 Greek: επαίσχυντος |
 Spanish: innoble, vil, infame |
 Estonian: nurjatu |
 Farsi: شرم آور |
 Finnish: epäjalo |
 French: ignoble |
 Hebrew: נִבזֶה |
 Hindi: नीच |
 Croatian: neplemenit |
 Hungarian: aljas |
 Indonesian: memalukan |
 Icelandic: auvirðilegur, fyrirlitleg |
 Italian: ignobile |
 Japanese: 下劣な |
 Korean: 비열한 |
 Lithuanian: gėdingas, žemas, niekinga |
 Latvian: nekrietns; zemisks |
 Malay: memalukan |
 Dutch: laaghartig |
 Norwegian: uverdig, gemen |
 Polish: niegodziwy |
 Persian: شرم آور |
 Pashto: كچه، ټيټ، كم اصل، بې پنه |
 Portuguese: ignóbil |
 Romanian: (în mod) josnic |
 Russian: подлый |
 Slovak: podlý, nečestný |
 Slovenian: podel |
 Serbian: sraman |
 Swedish: skamlig |
 Thai: ชั่วช้า |
 Turkish: şerefsiz, alçak |
 Taiwanese: 可恥的，不光彩的 |
 Ukrainian: низький, ганебний |
 Urdu: شرمناک |
 Vietnamese: đáng hổ thẹn |
 Chinese: 可耻的，不光彩的 |
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