as in imposing
having or showing a formal and serious or reserved manner
assumed a dignified stance and ignored the taunting dignified funeral services for the fallen firemen
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as in elevated
to assign a high status or value to
our graduation ceremony was dignified by a visit from the mayor
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Recent Examples of dignified
Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Dec. 2025
High-quality card stock ensures this is a stationery gift for the dignified types in your life.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 15 Dec. 2025
Among the challenges in scaling up is not just reducing fragmentation in India’s textile recycling ecosystem, but also the need to address labor conditions and create dignified jobs for waste workers.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 15 Dec. 2025
If there is a minority group, our job is to help its members be dignified, equal, respected citizens.
—Literary Hub, 12 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
His dignified aura and classical training make Hyde a frequent presence in period pieces.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Dec. 2025
High-quality card stock ensures this is a stationery gift for the dignified types in your life.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 15 Dec. 2025
Among the challenges in scaling up is not just reducing fragmentation in India’s textile recycling ecosystem, but also the need to address labor conditions and create dignified jobs for waste workers.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 15 Dec. 2025
If there is a minority group, our job is to help its members be dignified, equal, respected citizens.
—Literary Hub, 12 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dignified
Adjective
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The team had already excavated the other three corners of a narrow tomb occupied by an imposing, unnamed sarcophagus.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Dec. 2025
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The most imposing building on Main Street is a gun shop called Chandler’s Firearms Estates, on the corner of East Church Street.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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He is elevated, isolated, burdened, deified--positioned as an emblem.—
Philip Martin,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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When Washington famously refused the power that could have come with such popular esteem, the move only elevated that esteem.—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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The 37th Annual Producers Guild Awards to be held on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at the Fairmont Century Plaza, and will also include special honors celebrating distinguished producers whose careers reflect sustained excellence and influence.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
9 Jan. 2026
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Attorney, civil rights advocate and political commentator Bakari Sellers will be the event's distinguished speaker.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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More than five hours after the crash, there was a solemn procession off of Route 146 led by Massachusetts State Police, followed by the medical examiner and fellow police officers.—
Anna Meiler,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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That this is a serious matter—not slight at all—does not oblige the author of a seriously funny book to be solemn.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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Let it be said, though, that ruling this fairyland—where sweets jump through hoops, perky as peppermint, or swirl around, rich as Spanish chocolate—requires not just a decorous carriage and a cordial disposition but true ballerina grit.—
Guillermo Perez,
Miami Herald,
9 Dec. 2025
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The affair grows less decorous in farcical scenes of upstairs and downstairs life — kitchen staff toiling away on blunts, a trigger-happy shooting party, and cockney pub patrons breaking out in song — and the various side plots.—
Elaina Patton,
IndieWire,
3 Dec. 2025
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“Dignified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dignified. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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