ignoble

IPA: ɪgnˈoʊbʌɫ

Examples of "ignoble" in Sentences

Flaubert has said that "the ignoble is the sublime of the lower slope."
"If I use my discrimination, father, I call ignoble what my father calls natural."
Even the name of the award, a play on the word "ignoble," is meant to be deprecating.
The heart, which is supposed to be the noble part of man, has the same form as the penis, which is the so-called ignoble part of man.
Paaker's was, in fact, an ignoble, that is to say, a selfish nature; to shorten his road he trod down flowers as readily as he marched over the sand of the desert.
He was highly vilified by foes and Nigerians in general for what they described as ignoble acts that questioned his credibility and brought disrespect to his office.