ignoble
adjective
1. completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose
- something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude
- I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part
Similar word(s): cowardly, fearful, contemptible, dishonorable, dishonourable, base, mean, meanspirited, currish
2. not of the nobility
- of ignoble (or ungentle) birth