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Ignoble vs Beggarly - What's the difference?

ignoble | beggarly | Related terms |

Ignoble is a related term of beggarly.


As adjectives the difference between ignoble and beggarly

is that ignoble is not noble; plebeian; common while beggarly is in the manner of a beggar; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.

As an adverb beggarly is

in an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar.

ignoble

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not noble; plebeian; common.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I was not ignoble of descent.
  • Not honorable; base.
  • * Shakespeare
    • A base, ignoble mind, / That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.
  • * Gray
    • far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife
  • Not a true or "noble" falcon; said of certain hawks, such as the goshawk.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "ignoble")

    Synonyms

    * (common) common, plebeian, vulgar * (not honorable) degenerate, mean, base, despicable, dishonorable, reproachful, shameful, disgraceful, vile

    Antonyms

    * (common) noble * (not honorable) noble, honorable

    Derived terms

    * ignobility * ignobleness * ignobly

    Anagrams

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    beggarly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • In the manner of a beggar; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.
    • beggarly fellow
  • Fit for a beggar; occasioned by begging.
    • beggarly rags
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • Beggarly sins, that is, those sins which idleness and beggary usually betray men to; such as lying, flattery, stealing, and dissimulation.
  • (by extension) inadequate or meagre.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * beggarliness

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar.