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Spiritless vs Ignoble - What's the difference?

spiritless | ignoble |

As adjectives the difference between spiritless and ignoble

is that spiritless is lacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion enervated while ignoble is not noble; plebeian; common.

spiritless

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion. Enervated.
  • :The team played a spiritless first half, just going through the motions. But the realization they were playing for their sick friend energized them for the second half.

    • Synonyms

    * languid

    Derived terms

    * spiritlessly * spiritlessness

    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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