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| type | a |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| 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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