What does ennoble mean?
Word: Ennoble
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Ennoble means to make someone or something seem finer or more worthy; also to make a person a member of the nobility.
Synonyms: dignify, uplift, exalt, honour
Antonyms: demean, debase
How do you spell ennoble?
Syllables: en - no - ble
Tricky part: There are two n's: one belongs to en- and one to noble. Enoble, with a single n, is the usual mistake.
Watch out for: enoble, ennobel, innoble
Memory tip: Like unnatural and unnecessary, ennoble doubles its n where a prefix ending in n meets a word starting with n.
Ennoble in a sentence
Example 1: Hard, honest work can ennoble any job.
Example 2: Her kindness ennobled everyone who worked with her.
Example 3: The king ennobled the famous poet and gave him a title.
Fun Fact
In Britain a person ennobled today is usually made a life peer, such as a baron, which brings a seat in the House of Lords.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Many great writers believed that hard work, done honestly and with patience, could ennoble a person and earn the respect of the whole comunity.
a) ennoble
b) patience
c) respect
d) comunity
Show answer
d) comunity. Community has a double m; ennoble, patience and respect are spelt correctly.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word ennoble as used in the sentence:
The poet believed that great music can ennoble the human spirit.
a) glorify
b) elevate
c) degrade
d) inspire
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c) degrade. Elevate, glorify and inspire raise a person up; degrade drags them down.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence and choose the word they make:
Teachers hope that a love of learning will blnoene their students' lives.
a) enable
b) embolden
c) ignoble
d) ennoble
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d) ennoble. Two n's and a b are given; enable has one n and an a, ignoble a g and an i, and embolden an m and a d.
Spell-o-Spell
Three words in the list are spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of the misspelt word.
1. virtew 2. dignity 3. ennoble 4. honour
a) the quality of deserving respect
b) to raise someone to a higher, finer level
c) a good quality in a person's character
d) great respect, or a privilege
Show answer
c) a good quality in a person's character. Virtew ends in -ew where the word needs -ue; ennoble, dignity and honour are spelt correctly.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. An ennobling experience makes a person feel ____.
a) angry and upset
b) tired and bored
c) lost and confused
d) better as a person
Show answer
d) better as a person
2. What could ennoble an ordinary task?
a) doing it in a rush
b) leaving it unfinished
c) doing it grudgingly
d) doing it with care
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d) doing it with care
