gentrified

adjective

gen·​tri·​fied ˈjen-trə-ˌfīd 

: having undergone gentrification

gentrified neighborhoods/homes

The orange and white city buses winding slowly up the steep grade of Cortland Avenue follow a route between the gentrified west side of the hill—with its small but carefully manicured homes and gardens—and the more unkempt east side, a swath of low-income houses and apartments near freeways and industrial sites.

—Jonathan Burton

Examples of gentrified in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the filmmaker’s distinct fondness for the bygone era of a slightly less gentrified downtown is evident, and goes a long way to adding color and a sense of character to what sometimes feels like After Hours hopped up on Red Bull and Zima. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025

Its arrival betokened a more gentrified, sanitized Village — a place of $73 million townhouses and celebrity brunches. —New York Times, 7 May 2025

The film depicts an elderly man, played by iconic Puerto Rican filmmaker Jacobo Morales, coming to grips with a Puerto Rico in which country and rock tunes play on his walk to a gentrified bakery—which is staffed by an English-language server offering vegan quesitos. —Solcyré Burga, TIME, 5 Jan. 2025

The hippest new Italian-Indian fusion restaurant in a gentrified neighborhood near you will be bustling with couples come Saturday night. —Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for gentrified

• actinide
• aldehyde
• alkoxide
• alongside
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• arsenide
• beautified
• biocide
• butoxide
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• certified