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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ig•no•ble /ɪgˈnoʊbəl/USA pronunciation adj. - of low character;
dishonorable;
worthy of shame;
base:ignoble purposes.
ig•no•bly, adv.: to go down ignobly in defeat. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ig•no•ble (ig nō′bəl),USA pronunciation adj. - of low character, aims, etc.;
mean;
base:his ignoble purposes. - of low grade or quality;
inferior. - not noble;
of humble descent or rank. - Sport[Falconry.]noting any hawk with short wings that chases or rakes after the quarry.
- Latin ignōbilis unknown, inglorious, equivalent. to in- in3- + Old Latin gnōbilis (Latin nōbilis) noble
- late Middle English 1400–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged degraded, dishonorable, ignominious, contemptible.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged lowly, obscure, plebeian, peasant.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged honorable.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged superior.
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