ennoble Definition
en·no·ble (e nō′bəl, i-)
ennoble Related Forms
en·no′·ble·ment noun
en·no′·bler noun
ennoble Synonyms
ennoble Usage Examples
Object
- man: It is a weapon unique in human history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it.
- character: In that great work of genius, Job, the writer explains that suffering does not ennoble character.
- nature: We may not be able to prevent disasters, but we can respond to disasters in a way that ennobles human nature.
- soul: So we learned that contemplation of the heavens ennobles the soul.
- matter: According to the most general Islamic conception, art is no more than a method of ennobling matter.
Preposition: with
predicate: His father the retired Hauptmann 1st class Raimund Varesanin was ennobled with the predicate " von Vares " on the 21st of May 1880.
Modifying Another Word
- newly: Two newly ennobled top officials of the Labor Party recently toured Labour's boilerhouse of ( New ) Millbank.
- not: A genuine baron would in medieval times appoint men to certain offices in his barony, but such appointments did not ennoble them.
- somehow: But this garbage, having passed tho a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled and none dare criticize it.
Browse dictionary entries near ennoble
- ‹ ennead
- ‹ enmity
- ‹ enmesh
- ‹ enlivenment
- ‹ enliven
- ‹ enlistment
- ‹ enlisted
- ‹ enlist
- ‹ enlightenment
- ‹ enlightened

