Ennoble

//ɪˈnəʊbəl//

Synonyms for "ennoble" (59 found)

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Closest matches (12)

Verb(3 words)

dignify advance aggrandize

elevate advance aggrandize apotheose apotheosize beatify canonize crown deify

Strong matches (18)

dignify distinguish enshrine enthrone erect exalt glamorize glorify graduate honor idealize illuminate immortalize

Verb(5 words)

elevate entitle exalt gentle honor

Related words (29)

Verb(8 words)

invest knight lord nobilitate prefer promote raise uplift

kick upstairs knight lift lionize magnify make legendary pass pedestal praise prefer promote raise saint sanctify set up sublime throne up upgrade uplift

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6 relation types

More general

9 entries

advance elevate honor honour kick upstairs promote raise reward upgrade

Synonyms

1 entries

elevate

derived

5 entries

disennoble ennobled ennoblement ennobler ennobling

derived from

2 entries

en noble

manner of

2 entries

honor promote

related to

4 entries

fabric grace honour nobility

Translations

24 translations across 13 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

облагородявам verb (To bestow with nobility, honour or grace)

Finnish

1 entries

ylevöittää verb (To bestow with nobility, honour or grace)

French

1 entries

anoblir verb (To bestow with nobility, honour or grace)

German

2 entries

adeln verb (To bestow with nobility, honour or grace)
veredeln verb (to further process textile fabrics)

Greek

1 entries

εξευγενίζω verb (To bestow with nobility, honour or grace)

Hungarian

2 entries

megnemesít verb (To bestow with nobility, honour or grace)
nemesít verb (To bestow with nobility, honour or grace)

Italian

1 entries

nobilitare verb (To bestow with nobility, honour or grace)

Māori

1 entries

whakarangatira verb (To bestow with nobility, honour or grace)

Norwegian

1 entries

adle verb (To bestow with nobility, honour or grace)

Old English

1 entries

æþelian verb (To bestow with nobility, honour or grace)

Polish

4 entries

nobilitować verb (To bestow with nobility, honour or grace)
uszlachcać verb (To bestow with nobility, honour or grace)
uszlachcić verb (To bestow with nobility, honour or grace)
uszlachetniać verb (To bestow with nobility, honour or grace)

Russian

1 entries

облагораживать verb (To bestow with nobility, honour or grace)

Ukrainian

2 entries

облагоро́джувати verb (To bestow with nobility, honour or grace)
облагоро́дити verb (To bestow with nobility, honour or grace)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

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We’d like to believe that suffering instructs and ennobles.

Source: wiktionary

There was no shortage of dropped jaws when news came through about the appointment of the recently ennobled Lord Peter Hendy as rail minister. This was certainly a left-field move, taking everyone (perhaps even himself) by surprise.

Source: wiktionary

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