List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 234

SYNONYMS: mean, low, base, abject, ignoble, sordid.
These adjectives mean lacking in the elevation or dignity or falling short of the standards befitting human beings.

Mean suggests pettiness; it may also connote traits such as spite or niggardliness: Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
Something low violates standards of morality, ethics, or propriety: low cunning; a low trick.
Base suggests a contemptible, mean-spirited, or selfish lack of human decency: His purpose was base and evil.
Abject means brought low in condition; it often indicates starkness or hopelessness: abject submission; abject poverty.
Ignoble means lacking those qualities, such as elevated moral character, that give human beings distinction of mind and soul: It was for an ignoble cause that he labored
Sordid suggests foul, repulsive degradation: Can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence.