ennobling
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7.5
- adjective
- /ɪˈnoʊblɪŋ/
:
ennoblecedor
- Many believe that education plays an ennobling role in shaping a person's character and values.
And when he was saying the secret to getting ahead is doing your current job well, hard work, ennobling work.
- And when he was saying the secret to getting ahead is doing your current job well, hard work, ennobling work.
- It will demand your ability, your energy and your time hard work ennobling work.
Examples
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We hope that altruism will continue to define an ennobling mission as hospitals combine business and humanitarian values.
Academic text (1997) -
It's an ennobling belief: we know what we're here for.
Blog text (19) -
Finally, we must use these insights to inspire within us and others a course of ennobling and effective action.
Blog text (26) -
Even though sometimes limiting, such communities can be ennobling, supporting, therapeutic, and satisfying.
Academic text (1992) -
"Brittain's beloved, Roland, longed to take part in the war, finding in the possibility of sacrifice something ennobling and very beautiful."
Academic text (1991) -
But in its effort to do something so fresh, so unique, and so revolutionary, the museum tilts too far in trying to impart an uplifting, ennobling experience.
Academic text (2005) -
For example, law professor Dr. Nestor Duarte praised Baianas as an "ennobling and modernizing influence in Brazil."
Academic text (1997) -
When then-German Chancellor Willy Brandt went down on one knee in the Warsaw ghetto, his gesture was gratifying to World War II survivors, but it was also ennobling and cathartic for Germany.
Academic text (2011) -
The charity program had an ennobling purpose, helping to uplift the lives of the underprivileged.
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Volunteering for the shelter was an ennobling experience that inspired him to make positive changes in his community.
Synonyms
65
5.9
Give someone a title that makes them part of the noble class
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4.4
To give someone a higher job or rank
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7.2
To raise someone to a higher position or praise them strongly
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5.1
To show that someone or something deserves respect
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7.9
Make someone or something seem better in character and more respected
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6.7
Making people feel very happy, proud, or hopeful
Making someone or something seem more worthy of respect
Antonyms
How Noble
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word ennobling comes from the prefix en- plus noble, and noble means 'high in rank or good in character'. So, ennobling means 'making someone or something better and more honorable', as if raising their character like a small crown.