Thesaurus: ignoble

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1. a. Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious; plebeian; common; humble.
2. a. Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base.
3. a. Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as the goshawk.
4. v. t. To make ignoble.
5. adj. completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose
6. adj. not of the nobility
7. 1. Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious; plebeian; common; humble. I was not ignoble of descent. Shak. Her royal stock graft with ignoble plants. Shak. 2. Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base. 'T but a base, ignoble mind, That mounts no higher than a bird can soar. Shak. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. Gray. 3. (Zoöl.) Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as the goshawk. Syn. -- Degenerate; degraded; mean; base; dishonorable; reproachful; disgraceful; shameful; scandalous; infamous. To make ignoble. [Obs.] Bacon.
8. Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as thegoshawk.
9. j:100 a. completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose s. not of the nobility