Antonyms for elevated


Grammar : Adj
Spell : el-uh-vey-tid
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛl əˌveɪ tɪd


Definition of elevated

Origin :
  • late 15c., from Latin elevatus, past participle of elevare "lift up, raise," figuratively, "to lighten, alleviate," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + levare "lighten, raise," from levis "light" in weight (see lever). Related: Elevated; elevating.
  • adj highly moral or dignified
  • adj raised up
Example sentences :
  • The whole rough appearance of the man was elevated into dignity.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • When the grain is sufficiently grown it is elevated to the kilns.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 » by Various
  • He says, in his newspapers, they ought to be elevated by education.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • Yet there was a grandeur in my desolation that would have elevated my heart but for the fear.
  • Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
  • For a moment he forgot his elevated sentiments and his heroism, and flew to raise her.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • You will not do yet for our circle, which is altogether conclusive; but you might be elevated.
  • Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • I hope he will be elevated in the peerage: he looks as if he wanted it so!
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • Is there then no such thing as elevated ideal character of landscape?
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • Travel was light, away from the elevated lanes and he enjoyed himself.
  • Extract from : « Made in Tanganyika » by Carl Richard Jacobi
  • Looking into the orb of light, he sees nothing, but he is warmed and elevated.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

Synonyms for elevated

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