ignobility
Lack of honor
Ignobility is the quality or state of being ignoble—lacking honor, dignity, or noble character.
It describes baseness of mind, spirit, or action, often implying a failure to meet expected standards of moral conduct or social standing.
The ignobility of his betrayal shocked everyone who had trusted him.
The word appears more often in formal or literary contexts than in everyday speech.
Offensive coarseness in manner
- depravityProfound moral corruption
- sordidnessMoral or physical foulness
- vilenessDespicable quality
- meannessSpiteful, unkind disposition
pettiness · coarseness · crudeness · shabbiness · sleaziness · crassness · unworthiness · lowness
Loss of honor
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- disreputeDamaged public standing
- stigmaMark of dishonor
- degradationDecline in condition
discredit · humiliation · reproach · disesteem · disfavor · opprobrium · abasement · debasement
Ordinary, unrefined person
- commonerNon-noble person
- peasantLow-status agricultural laborer
- lowlinessState of modest rank
- humble originsUnpretentious early circumstances
vulgarity
Offensive coarseness in manner
- depravityProfound moral corruption
- sordidnessMoral or physical foulness
- vilenessDespicable quality
meanness · pettiness · coarseness · crudeness · shabbiness · sleaziness · crassness · unworthiness · lowness · wretchedness
disgrace
Loss of honor
degradation · discredit · humiliation · reproach · disesteem · disfavor · opprobrium · abasement · debasement · loss of face
plebeian
Ordinary, unrefined person
ignobilitynobility
Titled ruling class
aristocracy · noble birth · gentility · peerage · blue blood
ignobilitynobility
Titled ruling class
nobleness · honor · dignity · magnanimity · high-mindedness
noble, nobility, ignoble, ennoble, nobly, ennobling, ennoblement, nobleness, ignobly