ノーブルnooburu

1. na-adjectivenoble

• Synonym高貴こうきWrittenWritten/formal prose. Covers high birth or status and costly, precious things, as in 「高貴な家柄」; 「ノーブル」 leans more toward air and character.
• Synonym高潔こうけつFormalFormal. A weighty word for morally pure, unstained character, as in 「高潔な人物」; reserved for judging a person's virtue.
• Synonym高尚こうしょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Indicates high intellectual or personal refinement, as in 「高尚な趣味」; can carry an ironic edge.
• Synonym気高いけだかいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Praises lofty, pure character, as in 「気高い精神」; stresses inner nobility, while 「ノーブル」 leans toward outward elegance and air.
• Related尊いとうといNeutralNeutral. Means precious, invaluable, or sacred and worthy of reverence, as in 「尊い命」; it stresses worth, not specifically a noble air.
• Related崇高すうこうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Solemn word for sublimity and dignity, as in 「崇高な理想」; stresses lofty spiritual stature.
• Related貴族的きぞくてきNeutralNeutral. Suggests the refined, upper-class style of an aristocrat, as in 「貴族的な趣味」; it points to class flavor rather than noble character.
• Antonym卑しいいやしいNeutralNeutral antonym. Lowly, base, or greedy, as in 「卑しい根性」; stands opposite 「ノーブル」 in the nobility of one's character.
• Antonym下品げひんNeutralNeutral antonym. Vulgar and coarse, as in 「下品な笑い」; stands opposite 「ノーブル」 in elegance versus crudeness.

Use 「ノーブル」 for an elegant, refined air or atmosphere, as in 「ノーブルな雰囲気」. For inner purity of character pick 「気高い」 or formal 「高潔」; for high birth or status 「高貴」; for precious or sacred worth 「尊い」; for aristocratic style 「貴族的」; for refined intellect, sometimes ironically, 「高尚」; for solemn spiritual loftiness 「崇高」. The opposites are 「卑しい」 for a base character and 「下品」 for vulgarity.

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1. 高たかい身分みぶんや品格ひんかくを持もっていて、立派りっぱで優すぐれているようす。