ignoble
To make ignoble; to bring lowTo make ignoble; to bring low.
» 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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1 sensesTo make ignoble; to bring low.
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."
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
ignobles, ignobling, ignobled, ignobledLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle