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Adjective ennobling has 2 senses
- dignifying, ennobling - investing with dignity or honor; "the dignifying effect of his presence"; "the ennobling influence of cultural surroundings"
Antonym: ignoble (indirect, via noble)
- ennobling, exalting - tending to exalt; "an exalting eulogy"; "ennobling thoughts"
Antonym: uninspiring (indirect, via inspiring)
Verb ennoble has 2 senses
- ennoble, dignify - confer dignity or honor upon; "He was dignified with a title"
--1 is one way to honor, honour, reward
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- ennoble, gentle, entitle - give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
--2 is one way to promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
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