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dignified

[dig-nuh-fahyd]

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adjective

characterized or marked by dignity of aspect or manner; stately; decorous: dignified conduct.

Origin:
1660–70; dignify + -ed²

Related forms

dig·ni·fied·ly

[dig-nuh-fahyd-lee, -fahy-id-] , adverb

dig·ni·fied·ness, noun

qua·si-dig·ni·fied, adjective

un·dig·ni·fied, adjective

un·dig·ni·fied·ly, adverb

Synonyms
grave, august, noble.

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Madmen in authority come in all forms, and the dignified men in suits are often no better than the rabble-rousers.

Now perhaps that is not totallly honest, but it is more dignified.

The remembrance was a dignified affair of old and young, flip-flopped street hawkers and smart bankers.

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Madmen in authority come in all forms, and the dignified men in suits are often no better than the rabble-rousers.

Now perhaps that is not totallly honest, but it is more dignified.

The remembrance was a dignified affair of old and young, flip-flopped street hawkers and smart bankers.

From its plantation origins, the cakewalk was an elegant and dignified part of the black minstrel variety program.

You've made many accusations, but not one of them is dignified by a single verifiable reference.

Our taste generally is for portraiture that is much livelier, less preoccupied with the dignified facade.

Grab something a bit more dignified for professional use.

But old clocks--especially the dignified grandfather.

They were rather dignified and scholarly in tone, outlined some of the programs the school offered, and invited students to apply.

The fact that this is a more dignified way to end one's life is an added bonus.

The kujawiak is a slower, dignified style, which evokes stalks of grain swaying gently in the wind.

He wants to exit life in a cheerful and dignified way.

It's a really dignified way to interact with people.

One dignified man arose to say that he refused to be cowed by the menace.

In the rapid growth of the city and its mania for rebuilding, the dignified old mansion is one of the few relies to be preserved.

There are too many of us competing for too few jobs for the process to be dignified.

We have all been to countries where the security is no less vigilant but so much more dignified.

His bend is deep and dignified even as his cape of velvet black feathers rises to expose pale flanks.

We mourn the loss of a modest, caring, dignified and generous woman with a warm smile.

Brazil is not a decent country, nor a dignified global leader.

Musically, mornas are elegant, effusive and dignified.

As a general thing it is neither dignified nor safe to call a man a dog.

There must a place for banks to die a humane and dignified death.

Dignified old apartment buildings and single-family houses with yards and elaborate gates line the quiet streets.

His letter of resignation is a touching the dignified specimen of composition.

It's a clever place from which to play the art market as long as his behaviour appears dignified rather than desperate.

The other half is that many who once made a dignified living as respected professionals no longer are able to do so.

Sporting a dignified beard and a natty checked jacket instead of his trademark leopard.

At the heart of this project is the fact that too often families struggle to fill the fridge with nutritious and dignified foods.

The parts include unexpectedly moving portrait photographs of ordinary yet dignified young women.

But all seasoned gamblers are shrewd enough to keep dignified resignation towards roll of the dice.

There he was, dressed in his finest suit, looking as dignified as anyone who ever lived-and he was.

The ceremony was quiet and dignified and unmarred by disorder.

Large crowds gathered peacefully and in a dignified way.

Without immigration the market does not provide many affordable and dignified long-term care options.

Discriminatory denial of dignified access, though, is a psychic cost exacted daily against wheelchair users.

When they dies, nobody knows it and thus no one gave them dignified burrial.

They are not heroic, frightening, dignified or awesome.

At the news, a collective tear dropped onto the polished surface of seamlessly dignified upper-crust decor.

Instead they decided to respect the dignified traditions of comity of the.

Marshall does manage to be dignified despite the mumbo-jumbo he's involved with.

Women as women as mothers, as fertile lifegivers, as wives and as dignified chaste women have not get respect.

Jouvet is the perfect charlatan: unscrupulous, rascally, dignified.

It is not a dignified piece of work and neither is it ever convincing.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used with object), -fied, -fy·ing.

to confer honor or dignity upon; honor; ennoble.

to give a high-sounding title or name to; confer unmerited distinction upon: to dignify pedantry by calling it scholarship.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English dignifien < Old French dignefier < Medieval Latin dignificāre, equivalent to Latin dign(us) worthy + -ificāre -ify

Related forms

o·ver·dig·ni·fy, verb (used with object), -fied, -fy·ing.

qua·si-dig·ni·fy·ing, adjective

Link To dignified

Collins

World English Dictionary

dignified (ˈdɪɡnɪˌfaɪd)

—*adj*
	characterized by dignity of manner or appearance; stately

'dignifiedly

—*adv*

'dignifiedness

—n

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Word Origin & History

dignified

pp. adj. from dignify; 1660s in sense "ranking as a dignitary;" 1812 in sense "having a dignified manner."

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dignify

1520s, from O.Fr. dignefier, from M.L. dignificare, from dignus (see dignity) + -ficare, from facere "to make, do" (see factitious).

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