ignoble C2 Topic:Describing People US /ɪɡˈnoʊbəl/ UK /ɪɡˈnəʊbəl/ See IPA manual Freq #48504 Meanings 1 adj completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose Their attitude was cowardly and ignoble. Thesaurus Synonyms commonplebeianvulgarabjectcontemptibledishonorablesordid ↔ Opposites honorablenobledignified Word family Forms ignobly Derived forms ignobilityignoblenessignobly Common collocations ignoble part Adjective + noun Etymology Borrowed from Middle French ignoble, from Latin ignōbilis, from in- (“not”) + gnōbilis, later nōbilis (“noble”). ignoble Middle French ignōbilis Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing People External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # ignoble **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ɪɡˈnoʊbəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ɪɡˈnəʊbəl/ **Frequency rank:** 48504 ## Meanings 1. completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose ## Examples - Their attitude was cowardly and ignoble. ## Synonyms - common - plebeian - vulgar - abject - contemptible - dishonorable - sordid ## Antonyms - honorable - noble - dignified ## Derived Forms - ignobility - ignobleness - ignobly ## Roots and Affixes - Root: ignoble - Root: ignōbilis ## Etymology Borrowed from Middle French ignoble, from Latin ignōbilis, from in- (“not”) + gnōbilis, later nōbilis (“noble”). ## Topics - Describing People markdown