English adjective: ignoble | |||
1. | ignoble completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Similar | base, currish, mean, meanspirited | ||
See also | contemptible, cowardly, dishonorable, dishonourable, fearful | ||
Attribute | grandeur, magnanimousness, nobility, nobleness | ||
Antonyms | noble | ||
2. | ignoble not of the nobility | ||
Samples | Of ignoble (or ungentle) birth. Untitled civilians. | ||
Synonyms | ungentle, untitled | ||
Similar | lowborn | ||
Antonyms | noble | ||