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ennobled

ennobled adjective: having been made more noble; improved. Also the simple past and past participle of ennoble.

Adjective

ennobled (comparative more ennobled, superlative most ennobled)

  1. Having been made more noble; improved.
    • There are families of nations more readily susceptible of culture, more highly civilized, more ennobled by mental cultivation than others, but not in themselves more noble.1863, The Reason Why, page 283
    • Also, the poetic art can be applied very usefully because the human being can also be very ennobled through fair prejudices.2002, Johann Gottfried Herder, Michael N. Forster, Herder: Philosophical Writings, page 296

Also used as

ennobled is also the simple past and past participle of ennoble.

Forms of ennobled

comparativemore ennobled
superlativemost ennobled

Words formed from ennobled

Questions about ennobled

What does ennobled mean?
Ennobled means having been made more noble; improved.
What part of speech is ennobled?
Ennobled is an adjective.

Words near ennobled in the dictionary

  1. Enniscorthy
  2. Enniskerry
  3. Enniskillen
  4. Ennistymon
  5. ennoble
  6. ennobled
  7. ennoblement
  8. ennoblements
  9. ennobler
  10. ennoblers
  11. ennobles

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