ignoble

adjective
🔊/ɪɡˈnəʊbl/
🔊/ɪɡˈnəʊbl/
(formal)
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  1. not good or honest; that should make you feel shame卑劣的;不诚实的;不光彩的 synonym base
    • ignoble thoughts可耻的想法
    • an ignoble person卑鄙的人
    opposite noble
    Word Originlate Middle English (originally referring to someone of humble origin or social status): from French, or from Latin ignobilis, from in- ‘not’ + gnobilis, older form of nobilis ‘noble’.