ignoble

The word “ignoble” has 3 syllables: ig-no-ble

It's pronounced as /ɪɡˈnoʊbəl/


What is synonym and antonym for ignoble?

In the thesaurus, “ignoble” has 89 synonyms and 51 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for ignoble along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for ignoble

  • abject
  • atrocious
  • bad
  • base
  • baseborn
  • blamable
  • blameworthy
  • bourgeois
  • censurable
  • coarse
  • common
  • contemptible
  • corrupt
  • craven
  • cruel
  • currish
  • dastardly
  • debased
  • debauched
  • degenerate
  • degraded
  • depraved
  • despicable
  • detestable
  • dirty
  • discreditable
  • disgraceful
  • dishonorable
  • disreputable
  • dissolute
  • down-market
  • downscale
  • evil
  • execrable
  • foul
  • heinous
  • humble
  • ignominious
  • immoral
  • infamous
  • inferior
  • iniquitous
  • lewd
  • low
  • low-down
  • low-life
  • low-minded
  • lowborn
  • lower-class
  • lowly
  • lumpen
  • mean
  • menial
  • middle-class
  • miscreant
  • modest
  • nasty
  • ordinary
  • paltry
  • peasant
  • perverted
  • petty
  • plain
  • plebeian
  • poor
  • prole
  • proletarian
  • reprehensible
  • rotten
  • scurvy
  • servile
  • shabby
  • shameful
  • simple
  • snide
  • sordid
  • unethical
  • unprincipled
  • unscrupulous
  • unwashed
  • unworthy
  • vicious
  • vile
  • villainous
  • vulgar
  • wicked
  • working-class
  • wretched
  • wrong

Antonyms for ignoble

  • aristocratic
  • blameless
  • blue-blooded
  • commendable
  • decent
  • dignified
  • eminent
  • ethical
  • excellent
  • exemplary
  • genteel
  • gentle
  • good
  • grand
  • great
  • guiltless
  • high
  • high-minded
  • highborn
  • highbred
  • honest
  • honorable
  • illustrious
  • incorruptible
  • irreproachable
  • just
  • lofty
  • moral
  • noble
  • notable
  • patrician
  • principled
  • prominent
  • proper
  • reputable
  • respectable
  • right
  • right-minded
  • righteous
  • scrupulous
  • seemly
  • straight
  • uncorrupted
  • unerring
  • upper-class
  • upper-crust
  • upright
  • venerable
  • virtuous
  • wellborn
  • worthy

Meanings of ignoble

  • adjective
    1. Not noble; plebeian; common.
    2. Not honorable; base.
    3. Not a true or "noble" falcon; said of certain hawks, such as the goshawk.

Example Sentences

  • The politician's ignoble actions tarnished his reputation irreparably.
  • It is considered ignoble to take advantage of those in vulnerable situations.
  • Despite his wealth, his ignoble behavior revealed his lack of integrity.
  • The company's decision to cut corners for profit was deemed ignoble by the public.
  • History remembers those who rise above ignoble motives to pursue noble causes.

On this page you'll find 140 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to ignoble, such as: abject, aristocratic, atrocious, bad, base, baseborn, blamable.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abased

  • abandoned
  • abashed
  • affronted
  • bad-mouthed
  • baneful
  • baseborn
  • bastard
  • bastardized
  • befouled
  • begrimed
  • belittled
  • blemished
  • boorish
  • cankered
  • castigated
  • censured
  • chastened
  • cheapened
  • clinging
  • common
  • condemned
  • confounded
  • confused
  • contaminated
  • corrupted
  • counting on
  • cried down
  • criticized
  • damaged
  • damned
  • debased
  • debauched
  • decried
  • defaced
  • defamed
  • defenseless
  • defiled
  • degenerate
  • degraded
  • deleterious
  • demeaned
  • demoralized
  • denounced
  • depraved
  • depreciated
  • descended
  • destroyed
  • deteriorated
  • detracted
  • diluted
  • diminished
  • dirtied
  • discomfited
  • disconcerted
  • discounted
  • discountenanced
  • discredited
  • disgraced
  • dishonored
  • disparaged
  • dissolute
  • downgraded
  • embarrassed
  • evil
  • execrated
  • fazed
  • flagitious
  • flawed
  • flustered
  • fouled
  • harmed
  • humble
  • humbled
  • humiliated
  • hurt
  • ignoble
  • illegitimate
  • immature
  • impaired
  • indigent
  • infamous
  • inferior
  • insulted
  • junior
  • knavish
  • lessened
  • lesser
  • libeled
  • libelled
  • loose
  • low
  • lower-class
  • lowered
  • lowly
  • maligned
  • marred
  • mean
  • mercenary
  • minimized
  • minor
  • miscreant
  • monstrous
  • mortified
  • nefarious
  • nonaristocratic
  • nonplused
  • nonplussed
  • ordinary
  • perverse
  • perverted
  • plain
  • plebeian
  • poisoned
  • polluted
  • poor
  • profaned
  • profligate
  • prostituted
  • put down
  • rattled
  • reliant
  • relying on
  • reprehended
  • reprobated
  • ridiculed
  • rotten
  • ruined
  • sank
  • secondary
  • shamed
  • slandered
  • smirched
  • spoiled
  • spoilt
  • stained
  • subordinate
  • subverted
  • sunk
  • tainted
  • tarnished
  • thinned
  • tied to apron strings
  • took down
  • under
  • under thumb
  • ungenteel
  • unsustaining
  • venal
  • villainous
  • vitiated
  • vulnerable
  • warped
  • watered down
  • weakened
  • wrecked
  • wrote off

ugly

bad

dark

ignominious

  • atrocious
  • bad
  • base
  • blamable
  • blameworthy
  • censurable
  • contemptible
  • corrupt
  • criminal
  • cruel
  • currish
  • debased
  • debauched
  • degenerate
  • depraved
  • despicable
  • detestable
  • dirty
  • discreditable
  • disgraceful
  • dishonorable
  • disreputable
  • dissolute
  • embarrassing
  • evil
  • execrable
  • foul
  • gamey
  • gamy
  • ignoble
  • immoral
  • infamous
  • inglorious
  • iniquitous
  • libertine
  • loose
  • louche
  • low
  • low-down
  • low-minded
  • mean
  • miscreant
  • miserable
  • nasty
  • nefarious
  • notorious
  • opprobrious
  • paltry
  • perverted
  • reprehensible
  • reprobate
  • rotten
  • seamy
  • shady
  • shameful
  • shoddy
  • shy
  • sinful
  • snide
  • sordid
  • unethical
  • unprincipled
  • unrespectable
  • unrighteous
  • unsavory
  • unscrupulous
  • unworthy
  • vicious
  • vile
  • villainous
  • wicked
  • wretched
  • wrong

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