ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsIignoble
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ignoble
Meaning: dishonorable or lacking high moral character
ignoble in a sentence
How ignoble is used in real sentences:
The general condemned the ignoble practice of attacking defenseless villages.
His ignoble attempt to blame an innocent assistant cost him the committee's trust.
“Nor did an uncomfortable result prove that each respondent was ignoble; the method measured a population pattern, not the moral worth of particular people.”
— from the passage Answers Behind a Screen
Synonyms for ignoble
Other words for ignoble — base, shameful and dishonorable — carry the same meaning.
- base
- shameful
- dishonorable
Antonyms of ignoble
Words that mean the opposite of ignoble:
- noble
- honorable
- virtuous
Where it comes from
From Latin ignobilis, meaning 'unknown, lowborn, or base.'
Memory hook
IG-NOBLE means not noble: an ignoble act lacks honor.