Antonyms for undignified


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


Definition of undignified

Origin :
  • 1680s, of clergy, "not holding a position of dignity," from un- (1) "not" + dignified. Meaning "lacking in dignity of manner" is attested from 1782.
  • As in low : adj crude, vulgar
  • As in unseemly : adj improper; in bad taste
Example sentences :
  • Joking is undignified; that is why it is so good for one's soul.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • That's the most undignified thing ever I see Heman Atkins do.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • And even now it was held to be undignified to swerve from that doctrine.
  • Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon
  • Booted and spurred, he scrambled into the hammock with undignified haste.
  • Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
  • "It was all there," but all unseemly, ungraceful, undignified; for Polly Dill was pretty.
  • Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
  • But without any undignified murmurs, he submitted to this extortion also.
  • Extract from : « Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi » by John S. C. Abbott
  • There she heeled at an undignified angle, and her crew yelled aloud.
  • Extract from : « Soldiers Three, Part II. » by Rudyard Kipling
  • He was helpless, and he lay blubbering, undignified, with a breaking heart.
  • Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray
  • As for me, I scuttled up the lane in the most undignified fashion.
  • Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • There was plenty of money, she believed, and it was undignified to argue with a servant.
  • Extract from : « Mary Louise Solves a Mystery » by L. Frank Baum

Synonyms for undignified

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