What does ennoble mean?
Ennoble means To bestow with nobility, honour or grace..
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/ɪˈnəʊbəl/ · verb
To bestow with nobility, honour or grace..
We’d like to believe that suffering instructs and ennobles.
There was no shortage of dropped jaws when news came through about the appointment of the recently ennobled Lord Peter Hendy as rail minister. This was certainly a left-field move, taking everyone (perhaps even himself) by surprise.
Use ennoble when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ennoble means To bestow with nobility, honour or grace..
Common synonyms include elevate, invest, knight, lord.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
We’d like to believe that suffering instructs and ennobles.
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