ignoble
Not noble; plebeian; commonNot noble; plebeian; common.
» Jealousy is, to me, the most ignoble human feeling there is.
Eifersucht ist für mich die unedelste menschliche Empfindung, die es gibt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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4 sensesNot noble; plebeian; common.
простонародныйprostonarodnyj
Not honorable; base.
посты́дныйpostýdnyj, ни́зкийnízkij
Not a true or "noble" falcon; said of certain hawks, such as the goshawk.
Of an element, dangerously reactive.
- completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose
- not of the nobility
Examples
5 sentencesJealousy is, to me, the most ignoble human feeling there is.
deEifersucht ist für mich die unedelste menschliche Empfindung, die es gibt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Killing people while they pray is the most ignoble thing imaginable.
That girl is ignoble.
Tom is ignoble.
The noble man leaves out of his sense of nobility, while the ignoble man says "He was afraid of me."
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French ignoble, from Latin ignōbilis, from in- (“not”) + gnōbilis, laBorrowed from Middle French ignoble, from Latin ignōbilis, from in- (“not”) + gnōbilis, later nōbilis (“noble”).
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Forms
ignobler, ignoblestSynonyms
13 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
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