ignoble

ignoble
Synonyms and related words:
abhorrent, abject, abominable, base, base-minded, baseborn, beastly, beggarly, below contempt, beneath contempt, coarse, common, contemptible, crude, derogatory, despicable, detestable, discreditable, disgusting, dishonorable, disreputable, execrable, fetid, forbidding, foul, fulsome, gross, hateful, heinous, homely, humble, ignominious, infamous, inferior, inglorious, loathsome, low, low-minded, lowborn, lowly, malodorous, mean, mephitic, miasmal, miasmic, modest, nasty, nauseating, noisome, notorious, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious, obscene, odious, offensive, ordinary, peasant, plain, plebeian, poor, popular, rebarbative, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, scrubby, scurvy, seamy, servile, shady, sickening, simple, sordid, sorry, stinking, unpraiseworthy, unrespectable, unsavory, unwashed, vile, vulgar, wretched

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  • ignoble — [ iɲɔbl ] adj. • 1694 fig. « grossier, sans distinction »; fin XIVe innoble « roturier »; lat. ignobilis « non noble » 1 ♦ (1718) Qui est vil, moralement bas. ⇒ abject, infâme. C est un personnage ignoble. Un ignoble individu. Conduite ignoble.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Ignoble — Ig*no ble, a. [L. ignobilis; pref. in not + nobilis noble: cf. F. ignoble. See {In } not, and {Noble}, a.] 1. Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious; plebeian; common; humble. [1913 Webster] I was not ignoble of descent. Shak. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ignoble — IGNOBLE. adj. de tout genre. Bas, qui sent le roturier l homme de basse extraction. Air ignoble, taille, mine ignoble, procedé ignoble …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Ignoble — Ig*no ble, v. t. To make ignoble. [Obs.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ignoble — (ant.) adj. Innoble. * * * ignoble. adj. desus. innoble …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • ignoble — (adj.) mid 15c., of low birth, from M.Fr. ignoble, from L. ignobilis unknown, undistinguished, obscure; of base birth, not noble, from assimilated form of in not, opposite of (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + gnobilis well known, famous, renowned, of… …   Etymology dictionary

  • ignoble — I adjective abject, base, baseborn, beggarly, below par, boorish, common, contemptible, corrupt, cowardly, craven, debased, degenerate, degraded, depraved, despicable, discreditable, disgraceful, dishonest, dishonorable, disreputable, humble,… …   Law dictionary

  • ignoble — *mean, sordid, abject Analogous words: *base, low, vile: churlish, boorish, loutish (see under BOOR): *petty, puny, paltry, measly, trivial: abased, debased, degraded (see ABASE) Antonyms: noble: magnanimous Contrasted words: lofty, *high:… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • ignoble — [adj] lowly, unworthy abject, base, baseborn, coarse, common, contemptible, corrupt, craven, dastardly, degenerate, degraded, despicable, disgraceful, dishonorable, heinous, humble, infamous, inferior, lewd, low, mean, menial, modest, ordinary,… …   New thesaurus

  • ignoble — adj. desus. innoble …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • ignoble — ► ADJECTIVE (ignobler, ignoblest) 1) not honourable. 2) of humble origin or social status. DERIVATIVES ignobly adverb. ORIGIN Latin ignobilis, from in not + gnobilis noble …   English terms dictionary

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