[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ignoble \igno"ble\, v. t.
   to make ignoble. obs. --bacon.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ignoble \igno"ble\, a. l. ignobilis; pref. in- not + nobilis
   noble: cf. f. ignoble. see in- not, and noble, a.
   1. of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious;
      plebeian; common; humble.
      1913 webster

            i was not ignoble of descent.         --shak.
      1913 webster

            her royal stock graft with ignoble plants. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. not honorable, elevated, or generous; base.
      1913 webster

            't is but a base, ignoble mind,
            that mounts no higher than a bird can soar. --shak.
      1913 webster

            far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. --gray.
      1913 webster

   3. zool. not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain
      hawks, as the goshawk.

   syn: degenerate; degraded; mean; base; dishonorable;
        reproachful; disgraceful; shameful; scandalous;
        infamous.
        1913 webster
see also:
in- noble 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ignoble
     adj 1: completely lacking nobility in character or quality or
            purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his
            attitude"; "i think it a less evil that some criminals
            should escape than that the government should play an
            ignoble part"- oliver wendell holmes, jr. ant: noble
     2: not of the nobility; "of ignoble or ungentle birth";
        "untitled civilians" syn: ungentle, untitled
see also:
noble ungentle untitled 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

84 moby thesaurus words for "ignoble":
   abhorrent, abject, abominable, base, base-minded, baseborn,
   beastly, beggarly, below contempt, beneath contempt, coarse,
   common, contemptible, crude, derogatory, despicable, detestable,
   discreditable, disgusting, dishonorable, disreputable, execrable,
   fetid, forbidding, foul, fulsome, gross, hateful, heinous, homely,
   humble, ignominious, infamous, inferior, inglorious, loathsome,
   low, low-minded, lowborn, lowly, malodorous, mean, mephitic,
   miasmal, miasmic, modest, nasty, nauseating, noisome, notorious,
   noxious, objectionable, obnoxious, obscene, odious, offensive,
   ordinary, peasant, plain, plebeian, poor, popular, rebarbative,
   repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, scrubby, scurvy, seamy,
   servile, shady, sickening, simple, sordid, sorry, stinking,
   unpraiseworthy, unrespectable, unsavory, unwashed, vile, vulgar,
   wretched

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