different between smallminded vs ignoble

English

Adjective

smallminded (comparative more smallminded, superlative most smallminded)

1. Alternative form of small-minded

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