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ignoble
[ ig-noh-buhl ]
adjective
- of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base:
his ignoble purposes.
Synonyms: , , ,
Antonyms:
- of low grade or quality; inferior.
Antonyms:
- not noble; of humble descent or rank.
Synonyms: , , ,
- Falconry. noting any hawk with short wings that chases or rakes after the quarry.
ignoble
/ ɪɡˈəʊə /
adjective
- dishonourable; base; despicable
- of low birth or origins; humble; common
- of low quality; inferior
- falconry
- designating short-winged hawks that capture their quarry by swiftness and adroitness of flight Compare noble
- designating quarry which is inferior or unworthy of pursuit by a particular species of hawk or falcon
Derived Forms
- ˈԴDz, adverb
- ˌԴˈٲ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- n·i·ٲ ·Դb·Ա noun
- ·Դb adverb
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ignoble1
Example Sentences
Former President Trump’s conviction on 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records in New York is an ignoble first.
Simple, ignoble, under-appreciated green cabbage: It has got to be one of the most unpretentious and humblest in all of the Cruciferae family, if not among the entire vegetable kingdom.
In “Monolith,” a single-setting thriller from the Australian director Matt Vesely, a recently disgraced investigative journalist attempts to salvage her career by accepting an ignoble and humiliating task: starting a podcast.
Poverty, crime and an ignoble moniker — “Scary Gary” — deter private investors and prospective homeowners.
He asserted that pretty much all accounts of cannibalism are hearsay, a propaganda tool by scholars of the British Empire to help tame the ignoble savage.
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