What is the difference between ignoble and abject?
ignoble | abject | Synonyms |
Not noble; plebeian; common.
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Not honorable; base.
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* Gray
Not a true or "noble" falcon; said of certain hawks, such as the goshawk.
(obsolete) Rejected; cast aside.
Sunk to or existing in a low condition, state, or position.
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Cast down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; grovelling; despicable; lacking courage; offered in a humble and often ingratiating spirit.
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Showing utter hopelessness; helplessness; showing resignation; wretched.
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(obsolete) To cast off or out; to reject.
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(obsolete) To cast down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.
Abject is a synonym of ignoble.
As adjectives the difference between ignoble and abject
is that ignoble is not noble; plebeian; common while abject is rejected; cast aside.As a noun abject is
a person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway; outcast.As a verb abject is
to cast off or out; to reject.ignoble
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I was not ignoble of descent.
- A base, ignoble mind, / That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.
- far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife
Quotations
* (English Citations of "ignoble")Synonyms
* (common) common, plebeian, vulgar * (not honorable) degenerate, mean, base, despicable, dishonorable, reproachful, shameful, disgraceful, vileAntonyms
* (common) noble * (not honorable) noble, honorableDerived terms
* ignobility * ignobleness * ignoblyAnagrams
* ----abject
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Etymology 1
* From (etyl) .Adjective
(en-adj)Usage notes
* Nouns to which "abject" is often applied: poverty, fear, terror, submission, misery, failure, state, condition, apology, humility, servitude, manner, coward.Synonyms
* beggarly, contemptible, cringing, degraded, groveling, ignoble, mean, mean-spirited, slavish, vile, worthlessVerb
(en verb)- (John Donne)