a. | 1. | Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious; plebeian; common; humble. |
2. | Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base. | |
3. | (Zool.) Not a true or noble falcon; - said of certain hawks, as the goshawk. | |
v. t. | 1. | To make ignoble. |
Adj. | 1. | ignoble - completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Antonyms: noble - having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character; "a noble spirit"; "noble deeds" |
2. | ignoble - not of the nobility; "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"; "untitled civilians" |