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ignoble 音标拼音: [ɪgn'obəl] a. 卑贱的,卑鄙的,不名誉的 卑贱的,卑鄙的,不名誉的 ignoble adj 1: 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}] 2: not of the nobility; " of ignoble ( or ungentle) birth"; " untitled civilians" [ synonym: { ignoble}, { ungentle}, { untitled}] 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]
Ignoble \ Ig* no" ble\, v. t. To make ignoble. [ Obs.] -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 84 Moby Thesaurus words for " ignoble": 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
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