ignoble
Adjective
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Completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose (synset 301593624)
"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"also:
- cowardly, fearful - lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
- contemptible - deserving of contempt or scorn
- dishonorable, dishonourable - lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor
tells us about: grandeur, magnanimousness, nobility, nobleness - the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conductsimilar to:- base, mean, meanspirited - having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
- currish - base and cowardly
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Not of the nobility (synset 301598062)
"of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"; "untitled civilians"similar to: lowborn - of humble birth or origins
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