Synonyms for ignoble
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ig-noh-buhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈnoʊ bəl |
Top 10 synonyms for ignoble Other synonyms for the word ignoble
Définition of ignoble
Origin :- mid-15c., "of low birth," from Middle French ignoble, from Latin ignobilis "unknown, undistinguished, obscure; of base birth, not noble," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + gnobilis "well-known, famous, renowned, of superior birth" (see noble). Related: Ignobly.
- adj lowly, unworthy
- Wrens and sparrows are not too ignoble a quarry for this villainous gos-hawk!
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- I remained there, amazed and confused by the insolence of this ignoble brute.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- And vulgar, ignoble farce was turned into a great historical drama.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- We were agreed that parents should rule their children, the elder the younger, the noble the ignoble.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- It may be an ignoble thing to lie, but with what other weapon was I to fight this brigand?
- Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
- Rich or poor, high or low, noble or ignoble, thou only hast my heart.
- Extract from : « Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
- I will not be satisfied to be ever the mean, ignoble thing I now am.'
- Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
- He might think and say as he pleased, my station was too ignoble to suggest respect.
- Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
- What an ignoble avowal is this, and what a sarcasm upon all intellect and its labours!
- Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
- That I am too poor, too ignoble, too undistinguished, to raise my eyes to such attraction.
- Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
Antonyms for ignoble
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