'Ignoble' definitions:
Definition of 'ignoble'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. [ant: noble]
adjective
Definition of 'Ignoble'
From: GCIDE
- Ignoble \Ig*no"ble\, a. [L. ignobilis; pref. in- not + nobilis noble: cf. F. ignoble. See In- not, and Noble, a.]
- 1. Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious; plebeian; common; humble. [1913 Webster]
- I was not ignoble of descent. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Her royal stock graft with ignoble plants. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base. [1913 Webster]
- 'T is but a base, ignoble mind, That mounts no higher than a bird can soar. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as the goshawk.
- Syn: Degenerate; degraded; mean; base; dishonorable; reproachful; disgraceful; shameful; scandalous; infamous. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ignoble'
From: GCIDE
- Ignoble \Ig*no"ble\, v. t. To make ignoble. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ignoble'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abhorrent,
- abject,
- abominable,
- base,
- base-minded,
- baseborn,
- beastly,
- beggarly,
- below contempt,
- beneath contempt,
- coarse,
- common,
- contemptible,
- crude,
- derogatory,
- despicable,
- detestable,
- discreditable,
- disgusting,
- dishonorable,
- disreputable,
- execrable,
- fetid,
- forbidding,
- foul,
- fulsome,
- gross,
- hateful,
- heinous,
- homely,
- humble,
- ignominious,
- infamous,
- inferior,
- inglorious,
- loathsome,
- low,
- low-minded,
- lowborn,
- lowly,
- malodorous,
- mean,
- mephitic,
- miasmal,
- miasmic,
- modest,
- nasty,
- nauseating,
- noisome,
- notorious,
- noxious,
- objectionable,
- obnoxious,
- obscene,
- odious,
- offensive,
- ordinary,
- peasant,
- plain,
- plebeian,
- poor,
- popular,
- rebarbative,
- repellent,
- repugnant,
- repulsive,
- revolting,
- scrubby,
- scurvy,
- seamy,
- servile,
- shady,
- sickening,
- simple,
- sordid,
- sorry,
- stinking,
- unpraiseworthy,
- unrespectable,
- unsavory,
- unwashed,
- vile,
- vulgar,
- wretched