IGNOBLE


Meaning of IGNOBLE in English

adjective

1.

belonging to or characteristic of socially or economically inferior classes

a person of ignoble antecedents

Synonyms: base, baseborn, humble, low, lowborn, lowly, mean, plebeian, unennobled, unwashed

Related Word: coarse, common, homely, inferior, inglorious, modest, ordinary, peasant, plain, poor, popular, simple, vulgar

Contrasted words: highborn, highbred, wellborn, well-bred; eminent, high, lofty, proud, superior

Antonyms: noble

2.

Synonyms: base 3, abject, despicable, low, mean, scurvy, servile, sordid, vile, wretched

Antonyms: noble

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