Definitions

ignoble

[ig-noh-buhl] / ɪgˈnoʊ bəl /

ADJECTIVE

lowly, unworthy

Synonyms

WEAK

abject base baseborn coarse common contemptible corrupt craven dastardly degenerate degraded despicable disgraceful dishonorable heinous humble infamous inferior lewd low mean menial modest ordinary peasant petty plain plebeian poor rotten scurvy servile shabby shameful simple sordid unwashed vile vulgar wicked wretched wrong

Antonyms

WEAK

dignified grand high honorable noble reputable respectable worthy

Example Sentences

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The ignoble battle ends when a neighbor, Mrs. Prothero, shouts that her house is on fire, “announcing ruin like a town crier in Pompeii.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

“It has these very ignoble beginnings,” said Mark P. Nevitt, a law professor at Emory University and one of the country’s foremost experts on the statute.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2025

Ernst's implication that people should welcome suffering and death has a long and ignoble history.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2025

Shy, quiet, stubborn, he took bows timidly, avoided publicity and denied that he had anything so ignoble as a career.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2023

Jealousy seemed to him the most ignoble of vices.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 8–13

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