ignoble#1 (a)

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type a
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def completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose
examples 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.
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Also see contemptible; cowardly, fearful; dishonorable, dishonourable
Attribute nobility, nobleness, magnanimousness, grandeur
Derivationally related form ignoble → ignobleness
Antonym ignoble → noble
Similar to base, mean, meanspirited; currish
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Also see cowardly, fearful; contemptible; dishonorable, dishonourable
Antonym noble → ignoble
Similar to base, mean, meanspirited; currish
Derived from adjective ignobly → ignoble
Attribute nobility, nobleness, magnanimousness, grandeur
Derivationally related form ignobleness → ignoble

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