different between dishonorable vs ignoble

English

Alternative forms

• dishonourable

Adjective

dishonorable (comparative more dishonorable, superlative most dishonorable) (American spelling)

1. Without honor, or causing dishonor.
2. Lacking respect for ethical principles. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

• dishonorable discharge

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ignoble, from Latin ign?bilis, from in- (“not”) + gn?bilis, later n?bilis (“noble”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???n??b?l/
• Rhymes: -??b?l

Adjective

ignoble (comparative ignobler, superlative ignoblest)

1. Not noble; plebeian; common.
2. Not honorable; base.
   • 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

     far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife

3. Not a true or "noble" falcon; said of certain hawks, such as the goshawk.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:ignoble.

Synonyms

• (common): common, plebeian, vulgar
• (not honorable): degenerate, mean, base, vile, low-minded, reproachful, shameful, disgraceful

Antonyms

• (common): noble
• (not honorable): noble, honorable

Derived terms

• ignobility
• ignobleness
• ignobly

Translations

Verb

ignoble (third-person singular simple present ignobles, present participle ignobling, simple past and past participle ignobled)

1. To make ignoble; to bring low.

Anagrams

• Gobelin, gobline, inglobe

French

Etymology

From Middle French ignoble, borrowed from Latin ign?bilis, from in- (“not”) + gn?bilis, later n?bilis (“noble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.??bl/

Adjective

ignoble (plural ignobles)

1. disgusting, repulsive, horrible

Further reading

• “ignoble” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• gobelin