ignoble

About 0.61 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Not noble; plebeian; common.
2. adjective Not honorable; base.
3. adjective Not a true or "noble" falcon; said of certain hawks, such as the goshawk.
4. adjective Of an element, dangerously reactive.
5. verb To make ignoble; to bring low.

Similar words

ungentle dishonorable dishonourable meanspirited despicable contemptible untitled lowborn mean base

Often followed by

and in to savage or end strife part death

Word family

ignobilities ignobility ignobleness ignoblenesses ignobly