Synonyms for rarefied
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : rair-uh-fahyd |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛər əˌfaɪd |
Définition of rarefied
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French rarefier (14c.) and directly from Medieval Latin rarificare, from Latin rarefacere "make rare," from rarus "rare, thin" (see rare (adj.1)) + facere "to make" (see factitious). Related: Rarefied.
- adj exclusive
- Science has told you that at such an altitude the air is rarefied.
- Extract from : « Marion's Faith. » by Charles King
- It appears to respire as easily in the most rarefied air as on the seashore.
- Extract from : « The Western World » by W.H.G. Kingston
- But I will not press this view, which may be too rarefied and lofty for the vulgar mind.
- Extract from : « A Pessimist » by Robert Timsol
- The birds had long abandoned us, for in that rarefied air they could not have flown.
- Extract from : « A Winter Amid the Ice » by Jules Verne
- They were intoxicated with rarefied atmosphere, not with alcohol.
- Extract from : « The Rocky Mountain Wonderland » by Enos A. Mills
- The shafts of the bones are brittle, rarefied, and easily broken.
- Extract from : « Scurvy Past and Present » by Alfred Fabian Hess
- I noticed, too, that I had to take long, deep breaths in the rarefied atmosphere.
- Extract from : « Flying for France » by James R. McConnell
- In such country as this there is a rarefied clean sweetness.
- Extract from : « Letters from America » by Rupert Brooke
- He dwells apart, in an atmosphere too rarefied for those who intrude into it.
- Extract from : « The Lighter Side of School Life » by Ian Hay
- Her atmosphere was the most deeply absorbed—the rarefied atmosphere of the studio.
- Extract from : « The Furnace » by Rose Macaulay
Antonyms for rarefied
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