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
Azadeh Moaveni, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
Those words — simple, dignified, and private — feel fitting for a man whose on-screen persona radiated quiet strength and unwavering principle.
—Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2026
Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
Next to them, Pahlavi seemed dignified, well informed, and worldly.
—Azadeh Moaveni, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
Those words — simple, dignified, and private — feel fitting for a man whose on-screen persona radiated quiet strength and unwavering principle.
—Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2026
Verb
He’s additionally dignified by his smart girlfriend, Murka (Anna Guliayeva), who has a level head, mad hacker skills and tattoos.
—Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dignified
Adjective
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Only Andy Pages has looked alert in the Dodgers’ super-imposing lineup, which would have been shut out before a crowd of 45,556 at Dodger Stadium if not for Freddie Freeman’s two-out home run in the ninth inning.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Blue Devils – led by the physically imposing, likely top-three NBA Draft pick, Cameron Boozer – had the second-biggest roster in the country, including four other players expected to join Boozer in June’s NBA Draft.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
30 Mar. 2026
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The evening was elevated by live music from a local country band, complete with a pedal steel guitar, reminiscent of Lee Hazlewood.—
Alexandra Genova,
TheWeek,
7 Apr. 2026
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The relative success of the war elevated the Revolutionary Guard from a small, street-level militia, initially created to protect Khomeini and the other clerics at the forefront of the Islamic Revolution, into the symbolic defenders of the theocracy.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Pucker is a prominent collector and philanthropist in the Windy City, and is part of the Pritzker family, who created the Pritzker Prize, the most distinguished honor for architects.—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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There have been five others since the mid-1800s in that area, noted Gary Griggs, a distinguished professor of Earth Sciences at UC Santa Cruz.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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This visual story captures solemn moments of faith, tradition and community as worshippers publicly observed one of Christianity’s most sacred Holy Week rituals.—
Al Diaz,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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The solemn liturgical service included the Lord’s Passion from the Gospel of John.—
Holly Andres,
Daily News,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Its decorous leaves are not even an inch long.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
14 Mar. 2026
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Lee Martino’s choreography, like the production as a whole, is at its best when observing decorous constraints.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Dignified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dignified. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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