The noble man leaves out of his sense of nobility, while the ignoble man says "He was afraid of me."
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Ignoble
//ɪɡˈnoʊbəl//
Synonyms for "ignoble" (130 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (65)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
derived
3 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
12 entriesTranslations
53 translations across 23 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀγεννής adj (not noble; plebeian; common)
- ἀγεννής adj (not honorable)
Assamese
1 entries- ইতৰ adj (not noble; plebeian; common)
Bulgarian
4 entries- долен adj (not honorable)
- неблагороден adj (not noble; plebeian; common)
- низък adj (not honorable)
- простонароден adj (not noble; plebeian; common)
Catalan
1 entries- innoble adj (not noble; plebeian; common)
Dutch
1 entries- oneervol adj (not honorable)
Esperanto
1 entries- malnobla adj (not honorable)
Finnish
4 entries- alhainen adj (not honorable)
- alhaissyntyinen adj (not noble; plebeian; common)
- halpamainen adj (not honorable)
- matalamielinen adj (not honorable)
French
3 entries- ignoble adj (not noble; plebeian; common)
- ignoble adj (not honorable)
- indigne adj (not noble; plebeian; common)
Greek
3 entries- άτιμος adj (not honorable)
- αγενής adj (not noble; plebeian; common)
- πρόστυχος adj (not honorable)
Hindi
4 entries- अकुलीन adj (not noble; plebeian; common)
- अनार्य adj (not noble; plebeian; common)
- अनार्य adj (not honorable)
- अप्रतिष्ठित adj (not honorable)
Irish
2 entries- anuasal adj (not noble; plebeian; common)
- tútach adj (not honorable)
Italian
1 entries- ignobile adj (not noble; plebeian; common)
Japanese
4 entries- 卑しい adj (not honorable)
- 平凡な adj (not noble; plebeian; common)
- 庶民の adj (not noble; plebeian; common)
- 汚い adj (not honorable)
Latin
1 entries- ignobilis adj (not noble; plebeian; common)
Macedonian
2 entries- беден adj (not noble; plebeian; common)
- нечесен adj (not honorable)
Manx
3 entries- anooasle adj (not noble; plebeian; common)
- meeooasle adj (not noble; plebeian; common)
- neuooasle adj (not noble; plebeian; common)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- صویسز adj (not honorable)
- طمرسز adj (not honorable)
Polish
1 entries- niecny adj (not honorable)
Portuguese
1 entries- ignóbil adj (not noble; plebeian; common)
Russian
3 entries- ни́зкий adj (not honorable)
- посты́дный adj (not honorable)
- простонародный adj (not noble; plebeian; common)
Slovene
1 entries- nečasten adj (not honorable)
Spanish
2 entries- innoble adj (not noble; plebeian; common)
- innoble adj (not honorable)
Swedish
2 entries- simpel adj (not honorable)
- tarvlig adj (not honorable)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Some in flight / rush diverse to the ships and trusty tide; / some, craven-hearted, in ignoble fright, / make for the horse and, clambering up the side, / deep in the treacherous womb, their well-known refuge, hide.
Source: tatoeba (6822687)
You're ignoble.
Source: tatoeba (10089188)
Tom is ignoble.
Source: tatoeba (10089189)
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