Definitions for ignoble

ignoble ig·no·ble

Spelling: [ig-noh-buh l]
IPA: /ɪgˈnoʊ bəl/

Ignoble is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 209 anagrams from letters in ignoble (begilno).

Definitions for ignoble

adjective

  1. of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base:
  2. of low grade or quality; inferior.
  3. not noble; of humble descent or rank.
  4. Falconry. noting any hawk with short wings that chases or rakes after the quarry.

Origin of ignoble

1400-50; late Middle English Latin ignōbilis unknown, inglorious, equivalent to in- in-3 + OL gnōbilis (Latin nōbilis) noble

Examples for ignoble

And vulgar, ignoble farce was turned into a great historical drama.

Rich or poor, high or low, noble or ignoble, thou only hast my heart.

But I certainly do believe that Bashar, if facing defeat, prefers guaranteed safe-passage into exile rather than an ignoble death.

In other words, it was a thing of beauty from a land of ignoble ugliness.

We were agreed that parents should rule their children, the elder the younger, the noble the ignoble.

Left unspoken was the ignoble thought: If we can't beat this guy, then what are we doing and what are we for?

I remained there, amazed and confused by the insolence of this ignoble brute.

America, and Americans, should reject “the doctrine of ignoble ease” that had emasculated the nation.

Wrens and sparrows are not too ignoble a quarry for this villainous gos-hawk!

It may be an ignoble thing to lie, but with what other weapon was I to fight this brigand?

Word Value for ignoble
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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