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ennobled 1 of 2

adjective

as in exalted

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verb

past tense of ennoble
as in elevated
to assign a high status or value to the heroic actions of firefighters during the terrorist attack did much to ennoble the profession of fire fighting in the public mind

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Recent Examples of ennobled
Verb
The entire production is ennobled by his gift for listening actively to scene partners rather than waiting for his turn to speak. — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025 At number 38, the extraordinary Hôtel Maurel de Pontèves—built by one Pierre Maurel, a cloth trader who was ennobled and became provincial treasurer, is worth a closer look. — Kate Maxwell, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ennobled
  1. exalted
  2. elevated
  3. noble
  4. promoted
  5. magnanimous
  6. sublime
Adjective
  • And pure math is seen by humans as like the most exalted exhibition of intelligence and brilliance.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026
  • As stated earlier, if the family were to cash out their remaining stake in the 11x NBA Champs, Jeanie Buss would lose her exalted governor status.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of exalted
Verb
  • What remains disputed is whether those beliefs motivated the Tate-LaBianca murders or whether, as Berlinger argues, prosecutors elevated them into the central theory of their case.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • This El Niño event has taken hold at a time when sea surface temperatures in the Pacific were already significantly elevated.
    — Denise Chow, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of elevated
Adjective
  • Making Shakespeare’s plays accessible is a noble goal, but there are other ways to go about this beyond modernizing the text and diluting its lyrical beauty and nuance.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • This is Edward, the aging King of England, talking to the ambitious noble Harold Godwinson.
    — John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of noble
Verb
  • Sunderland, of course, spent heavily last season after coming up from the Championship, and there is a broad consensus that promoted teams need to do so to quickly bring their squads up to scratch.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Where were all the groups that past mayors promoted over police involvement?
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of promoted
Adjective
  • Given the circumstances, his commitment was defiantly magnanimous.
    — John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Deadpool is proving to be surprisingly magnanimous as the flippant character loses a box office record to The Odyssey.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of magnanimous
Adjective
  • Chelsea have lapses of startling vulnerability out of possession, and while Odegaard’s winner early in the second half was decorated by a sublime Havertz dummy, the move which led to it was far too simple to settle a game of this quality.
    — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • For all the book’s darkness, there are pictures that feel sublime and vast.
    — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of sublime

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“Ennobled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ennobled. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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