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mean suggests small-mindedness, ill temper, or cupidity. ignoble suggests a loss or lack of some essential high quality of mind or spirit. abject may imply degradation, debasement, or servility. sordid is stronger than all of these in stressing physical or spiritual degradation and abjectness.
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Definition of ignoble adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective. of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base: his ignoble purposes. Synonyms: contemptible, ignominious, dishonorable, degraded. Antonyms: honorable. of low grade or quality; inferior. Antonyms: superior. not noble; of humble descent or rank. Synonyms: peasant, plebeian, obscure, lowly.
morally bad and making you feel ashamed: an ignoble action / idea. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Humiliating and degrading. abase. abasement. be under a cloud idiom. bring/take someone down a peg (or two) idiom. bruise someone's ego idiom.
adjective. formal us / ɪɡˈnoʊ.b ə l / uk / ɪɡˈnəʊ.b ə l / Add to word list. morally bad and making you feel ashamed: an ignoble action / idea. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Humiliating and degrading. abasement. be under a cloud idiom. bring/take someone down a peg (or two) idiom. bruise someone's ego idiom. disgraced. dishonorable.
Ignoble means low, common, or humble, but we tend to use it to describe the lows of human nature, rather than economically humble people or places. So a picturesquely crumbing rustic cottage or a cool old diner is not ignoble, but perhaps a sketchy roadside bar is.
ignoble in American English. (ɪgˈnoʊbəl ) adjective. 1. not noble in birth or position; of the common people. 2. not noble in character or quality; dishonorable; base; mean. SIMILAR WORDS: base. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.
