Explore Ennoble through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like dignify or raise. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Ennoble meaning
- To bestow with nobility, honour or grace.
- To perform on a fabric the industrial processes of dry-cleaning, printing and embossing, and sizing and finishing.
- To inarch.
Synonyms of Ennoble
Using Ennoble
- The main meaning on this page is: To bestow with nobility, honour or grace. | To perform on a fabric the industrial processes of dry-cleaning, printing and embossing, and sizing and finishing. | To inarch.
- Useful related words include: dignify, raise, kick upstairs, advance.
- In the example corpus, ennoble often appears in combinations such as: to ennoble, ennoble the.
Context around Ennoble
- Average sentence length in these examples: 16 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ennoble
- In this selection, "ennoble" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 16 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include arts would ennoble the new and enliven and ennoble. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ennoble" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ennoble
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Communication therefore should seek to enliven and ennoble. (8 words)
Downing Street had apparently always intended to ennoble the former archbishop. (11 words)
The Queen had offered to ennoble him as early as 1868; he had then declined. (15 words)
They claimed that the simple but refined aesthetics of Arts and Crafts decorative arts would ennoble the new experience of industrial consumerism, making individuals more rational and society more harmonious. (30 words)
The Queen had offered to ennoble him as early as 1868; he had then declined. (15 words)
Downing Street had apparently always intended to ennoble the former archbishop. (11 words)
Example sentences (4)
Downing Street had apparently always intended to ennoble the former archbishop.
Communication therefore should seek to enliven and ennoble.
The Queen had offered to ennoble him as early as 1868; he had then declined.
They claimed that the simple but refined aesthetics of Arts and Crafts decorative arts would ennoble the new experience of industrial consumerism, making individuals more rational and society more harmonious.
Common combinations with ennoble
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to ennoble 2×
- ennoble the 2×