Definition of dignified
:showing or expressing dignity
- a dignified manner
- looking dignified in a suit and tie
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She has a kind but dignified manner.
He looked very dignified in his new suit.
The hotel's lobby is dignified but inviting.
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People who write about politics and have Twitter accounts will continue to lose their sense of sanity trying to cover this administration as if doing so gave them membership in a dignified profession.
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President Obama was consistently thoughtful, dignified and highly intelligent.
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As far as deaths on Game of Thrones go, this was a fairly dignified one.
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As far as deaths on Game of Thrones go, this was a fairly dignified one.
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Buildings might be erected in place of the tumble-down shanties now dignified with the name of markets, which would be not only objects of pride as architectural structures, but be made sources of revenue.
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Ursula wants power and hopes to get King Triton (dignified Steve Blanchard) to trade his soul for his daughter’s when Ariel fails.
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Security - Provide safe and secure environment for public, staff and detainees, including efficient and dignified security screening and separate circulation paths within the building.
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As the giants, Morris Robinson (Fasolt) was dignified and Ain Anger (Fafner) rightly more malevolent and hot-tempered.
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Origin and Etymology of dignified
dignified Synonyms
Synonyms
august, distingué, distinguished, imposing, portly, solemn, staid, statelyAntonyms
flighty, frivolous, giddy, goofy, silly, undignifiedRelated Words
decorous, proper, seemly; grave, grim, po-faced [British], sober, somber (or sombre); aristocratic, elegant, elevated, handsome, lordly, magisterial, majestic, nobleNear Antonyms
coarse, crass, crude, improper, indecent, uncouth, unseemly, vulgarDIGNIFIED Defined for English Language Learners
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