ignoble meaning and definition

IGNOBLE adjective

Definition of ignoble (adjective)

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.
   • antonym: noble
2. not of the nobility
   • "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"; "untitled civilians"
   • synonyms: ungentle, untitled