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dignified Definition

dig·ni·fied (dignə fīd′)

adjective

having or showing dignity or stateliness

dignified Related Forms

dig·ni·fied′ly (-fīd′lē, -fī′əd lē) adverb

dignified Synonyms

dignified

modif.

stately, somber, solemn, sober, courtly, reserved, decorous, staid, sedate, elegant, exalted, elevated, formal, ceremonious, classical, classic, quiet, lordly, aristocratic, princely, imperial, majestic, queenly, of consequence, respected, ladylike, gentlemanly, noble, regal, superior, magnificent, grand, eminent, sublime, august, marked by dignity of manner, grave, serious, distinguished, magisterial, imperious, imposing, portly, haughty, stiff, honorable, lofty, proud, distingué, glorious, gravely courteous, classy*, like one who has a ramrod down his back*, sober as a judge*, high-brow*; see also cultured, refined 2.

Antonyms undignified, boorish, silly.

dignified Usage Examples

Preposition: by

  • title: This was indeed a profound insight and became dignified by the title the Changing Locus of Reformism.
  • name: This is the kind of thing which is dignified by the name of New Knowledge.
  • term: Your contribution therefore cannot even by dignified by the term ' polemic ' .

Preposition: with

  • title: Conscription is dignified with the title of national service.
  • name: The great pub standby for main courses is the casserole, or stew, now dignified with posh names like daube or bourguignonne.

Modifies a noun

  • silence: The dignified silence of the tobacco companies was broken.
  • manner: He reacts in a dignified manner, accepting what she tells him.
  • burial: I was relieved to be given the chance to give this child a dignified burial of what was left.
  • funeral: The State will ensure the deceased receives a basic dignified funeral.
  • ceremony: Friends and families of the deceased attended a dignified ceremony.
  • exit: Still, at least it made a dignified exit, with no traces of malice placed in any characters ' mouths.

Modifying Another Word

  • essentially: Saturn in Libra is essentially dignified no matter where he is in the chart.
  • rather: However, what he plays is no forced compromise: he has his own, rather dignified, sound.
  • yet: The design criteria stated that, " The monument should be distinctive yet dignified.
  • very: Our memorial had been built to a very dignified design.
  • well: The more remote, the more time must be allowed. o Mars well dignified in the 7th house suggests the woman is newly conceived.
  • too: It was, in the eyes of the nation, primarily radio, and radio was then far too dignified to have such things.

Used with adjective complement

  • look: A queue of people behind you giggle as you take the chair and try to look dignified for your moment of ' greatness ' .
  • remain: Two weeks of rolling ship and frozen land requiring vast amounts of brain power just to remain dignified, certainly takes its toll.
  • have: Modern American economists have dignified this common sense insight with the name of rational ignorance.

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