Antonyms for dignified


Grammar : Adj
Spell : dig-nuh-fahyd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪg nəˌfaɪd


Definition of dignified

Origin :
  • past participle adjective from dignify; 1660s in sense "ranking as a dignitary;" 1812 in sense "having a dignified manner."
  • adj honorable
Example sentences :
  • But to the uneducated eye of Andrew Lanning it was a great and dignified building.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • She can be the most dignified young woman on occasion that I ever beheld.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • Children never played any more under their dignified shadows.
  • Extract from : « The Little Colonel » by Annie Fellows Johnston
  • He's so dignified I wish his turban would blow off or something.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • She is mentioned as the opposite to the mild, dignified Hygd, the queen of the Getas.
  • Extract from : « Beowulf » by Unknown
  • This we dignified, even in common speech; it was always grandly "the Cemetery."
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • We, as by one consent, assumed an air of dignified self-importance.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • Art is not dignified by being called whimsical--or capricious.
  • Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
  • At that moment the dignified voice of Gaskin came from the forward pontoon.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • At first he was dignified, and the master laughed the harder.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

Synonyms for dignified

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