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ignoble

/ɪɡˈnəʊbəl//ɪɡˈnoʊbəl/

ignoble adjective: not noble; plebeian; common.

Adjective

ignoble (comparative ignobler, superlative ignoblest)

  1. Not noble; plebeian; common.
    • I was not ignoble of descent.c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
  2. Not honorable; base.
    • A base, ignoble mind, / That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife1750 June 12 (date written; published 1751), T[homas] Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, in Designs by Mr. R[ichard] Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley...
  3. Not a true or "noble" falcon; said of certain hawks, such as the goshawk.
  4. Of an element, dangerously reactive.

Verb

ignoble (third-person singular simple present ignobles, present participle ignobling, simple past and past participle ignobled)

  1. To make ignoble; to bring low.

ignoble meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

ignoble in Hindi

not noble; plebeian; common
अनार्य anārya, अकुलीन akulīn, सर्वसाधारण sarvasādhāraṇ, अशिष्ट aśiṣṭ
not honorable
अप्रतिष्ठित apratiṣṭhit, नीच nīc, अनार्य anārya

ignoble in Urdu

فرومایہ, کمینہ, خسیس, سفلہ

ignoble in Bengali

নীচ, হীন, অসম্মানজনক, অজাত

ignoble in Malayalam

അനുചിതമായ, നാണംകെട്ട, നിന്ദ്യമായ
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ignoble in Kannada
ಹೀನ, ಕೀಳು ಜನ್ಮದ, ಕೀಳು ಮಟ್ಟದ, ಕೀಳ್ಮಟ್ಟದ
ignoble in Assamese
ইতৰ itor

Synonyms of ignoble

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Antonyms

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Forms of ignoble

Adjective
comparativeignobler
superlativeignoblest
Verb
third-person singular presentignobles
present participleignobling
past participleignobled
pastignobled

Origin of ignoble

Borrowed from Middle French ignoble, from Latin ignōbilis, from in- (“not”) + gnōbilis, later nōbilis (“noble”).

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Questions about ignoble

What does ignoble mean?
Ignoble means not noble; plebeian; common.
What is ignoble in Hindi?
Ignoble in Hindi is अनार्य (anārya), अकुलीन (akulīn), सर्वसाधारण (sarvasādhāraṇ). See Ignoble meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is ignoble?
Ignoble can be an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce ignoble?
Ignoble is pronounced /ɪɡˈnəʊbəl/ (UK).

Words near ignoble in the dictionary

  1. ignitron
  2. ignitrons
  3. ignivomous
  4. ignobilities
  5. ignobility
  6. ignoble
  7. ignobled
  8. ignobleness
  9. ignoblenesses
  10. ignobler
  11. ignobles

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ignoble (page history and authors); ignoble (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Ignoble (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ignoble (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ignoble (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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