Antonyms for nobleness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : noh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnoʊ bəl


Definition of nobleness

Origin :
  • "man of rank," c.1300, from noble (adj.). The same noun sense also is in Old French and Latin. Late 14c. as the name of an English coin first issued in reign of Edward III.
  • As in nobility : noun aristocracy; eminence
  • As in magnificence : noun grandeur
  • As in large-heartedness : noun generosity
  • As in liberality : noun generosity
  • As in magnanimousness : noun generosity
  • As in munificence : noun generosity
  • As in noblesse : noun nobility
  • As in openhandedness : noun generosity
  • As in unsparingness : noun generosity
  • As in dignity : noun excellence, nobility
  • As in elevation : noun advancement, promotion
  • As in generosity : noun spirit of giving
Example sentences :
  • He studied Hope's beauty with his eyes, he pondered on all her nobleness.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • I have loved her ever since for all that she awakened within me of nobleness.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • He did not see the beauty, the nobleness of it, nor yet its beneficial power.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • I may expect all things, Madam, interrupted he, from the nobleness of your mind.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • But has your nobleness any serious objection to my carrying a wand?
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • The heroic soul does not sell its justice and its nobleness.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Yet his character was stamped with nobleness as well as strength.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • A loftier ideal of the nobleness of true womanhood has come to me.
  • Extract from : « Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times » by Charles Carleton Coffin
  • He stifles what nobleness of character he may have and he cultivates depravity and barbarism.
  • Extract from : « No Animal Food » by Rupert H. Wheldon
  • It was not given him to die for the noblest cause, and yet he died because of his nobleness.
  • Extract from : « Romola » by George Eliot

Synonyms for nobleness

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