ignoble
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- adjective
- /ɪɡˈnoʊbəl/
:
deshonroso
- I learned that this oneness invests every living creature on our planet, no matter how small, grubby, or ignoble.
- ignoble savage
- noble and ignoble
The noble consciousness is ignoble and repudiated.
- The noble consciousness is ignoble and repudiated.
- Is the ignoble self consciousness the opposed self?
Examples
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In the past year, however, he had found himself supervising a degrading, ignoble withdrawal from the base and the country he had learned to love so well.
Fiction book (1991) -
Well, then I guess Miss Hayes' military career will be coming to a rather premature and ignoble end.
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Was that not a noble thought even though it led to an ignoble result?
Blog text (9) -
Whether the nationalist theory is a noble lie or an ignoble lie, I shall not say.
Blog text (17) -
And what death promised was an end to all the ignoble and squalid concerns.
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Shaming would be one tool; this is ignoble behavior at best.
Blog text (15) -
But we also see Scarlett struggle against her own ignoble instincts.
Academic text (2008) -
And given that scholars do indeed have virtues, does it make sense to describe them as ignoble human beings?
Academic text (2000) -
Such an ignoble demise.
Fiction book (1998) -
His ignoble actions during the crisis revealed his lack of integrity.
Synonyms
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Causing public shame and a loss of respect
Antonyms
How Dishonorable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ignoble comes from the Latin parts in- 'not' and nobilis 'noble', the same root as noble. That's why calling an action ignoble means it is 'not noble' — low, shameful, or not honorable.