ennoble
verb
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Definition of ennoble
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, e-ˈnō- \
noun
Synonyms & Antonyms for ennoble
Synonyms
aggrandize, canonize, deify, dignify, elevate, enshrine, ensky, enthrone, exalt, glorify, magnify
Antonyms
abase, degrade, demean, humble, humiliate
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Chocolate cake ennobled with hazelnuts and chocolate ganache is a bar raiser — and a welcome sight during a midnight refrigerator raid. — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, "Tom Sietsema’s 7 favorite places to eat (and drink) right now — plus one to avoid," 24 June 2019 In other words, a grand company continually needing rescue from the abyss, an ennobling endeavor, a way to communicate across time and space. — John Koethe, The New York Review of Books, "Ange Mlinko," 23 May 2019 And John's response was direct and really ennobling. — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, "Read the Full Transcript of Former Senator Joe Lieberman's Speech at John McCain's Memorial Service," 1 Sep. 2018 The tensions and paradoxes complicating Furtwängler’s devil’s pact, his surrender to communal ecstasies ennobling or perilous, are reduced to simplistic presumption. — Joseph Horowitz, WSJ, "‘Wilhelm Furtwängler’ Review: Apostle of Inwardness," 3 Aug. 2018 In a way, that's what Gunderson's done here, by reviving her story, at once humanizing and ennobling her struggle. — Tony Adler, Chicago Reader, "The Revolutionists undermines its own powerful message with too much cutesiness," 6 June 2018 While Schenkkan's script is basically true to history, the playwright does slide toward hagiography and ennobles Johnson beyond the evidence. — Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, "'All the Way' a brilliant political drama from Southern Rep," 29 May 2018 His mother’s family was well connected with the great tapestry artisans of Beauvais, and his father’s had been ennobled in the 18th century. — Eric Wilson, New York Times, "Hubert de Givenchy Dies at 91; Fashion Pillar of Romantic Elegance," 12 Mar. 2018 But worse is the show’s stark juxtaposition of gay men ennobled mostly by aesthetic graces (and canned wit) and straight men zhuzhed up before being sent out to live better, fuller lives. — Richard Lawson, HWD, "Why L.G.B.T.-Centered TV Is Stuck in the Past," 30 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ennoble.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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