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Ignoble vs Pusillanimous - What's the difference?

ignoble | pusillanimous |

As adjectives the difference between ignoble and pusillanimous

is that ignoble is not noble; plebeian; common while pusillanimous is showing ignoble cowardice, or contemptible timidity.

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.
  • 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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    pusillanimous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Showing ignoble cowardice, or contemptible timidity
  • The soldier deserted his troop in a pusillanimous manner.
  • * 1882 — , On the Decay of the Art of Lying [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2572/2572.txt].
  • Therefore, the wise thing is for us diligently to train ourselves to lie thoughtfully, judiciously; to lie with a good object, and not an evil one; to lie for others' advantage, and not our own; to lie healingly, charitably, humanely, not cruelly, hurtfully, maliciously; to lie gracefully and graciously, not awkwardly and clumsily; to lie firmly, frankly, squarely, with head erect, not haltingly, tortuously, with pusillanimous mien, as being ashamed of our high calling.