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ennobling

 
Adjective ennobling has 2 senses
  1. dignifying, ennobling - investing with dignity or honor; "the dignifying effect of his presence"; "the ennobling influence of cultural surroundings"
    Antonym: ignoble (indirect, via noble)
  2. ennobling, exalting - tending to exalt; "an exalting eulogy"; "ennobling thoughts"
    Antonym: uninspiring (indirect, via inspiring)
Verb ennoble has 2 senses
  1. 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
  2. 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
    Derived form: noun ennoblement2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
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