PERSONIFIED Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

personified

verb

past tense of personify

as in embodied

to represent in visible form through her many good works she just personifies the spirit of charity

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disembodied

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Recent Examples of personified The 17-year-old is relaxation personified, holding an air of confidence usually limited to veteran athletes who have been there and done it all. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026 That trend has been personified by Democrats’ performances in Youngstown and Mahoning County as voters drifted toward the Republican Party since 2012. — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026 That was Fred Claire personified, honest to the end, refusing to sacrifice his integrity, never surrendering his dignity. — Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 The rift between the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos, personified by threats of NFL investigations and counter-threats of a lawsuit by coaches Sean Payton and Mike Macdonald, has been put to bed by an apology. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026 The abject terror of reproduction was personified by Lamashtu, demoness of the night, drinker of blood, eater of flesh, slayer of children, untimely opener of wombs, ravager of women. — Eleanor Johnson, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026 Save for Snoopy, the military airman in literature is perhaps most famously personified by John Yossarian in Joseph Heller’s Catch‑22, a book Zinn would someday count among his favorites. — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026 At times, Fauci appeared to embrace his status as expertise personified. — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026 Matt Dirksen / Chicago Cubs / Getty Images PITTSBURGH — Dansby Swanson, the Gold Glove shortstop for the Chicago Cubs, has personified the club’s streakiness at various points of an up-and-down season with so many twists and turns still ahead. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 26 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for personified

Verb

The exhibition addresses an audience for whom history has been superseded by the experiential, the embodied, and the personal.

— Nicole Kaack, ARTnews.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Those differences are embodied in the mixed visual approaches Saito takes, switching between vivid color and monochrome, and between chaotic handheld work and steadier camerawork.

— Kambole Campbell, Variety, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of embodied

Verb

Worry among voters about whether their ballots will be counted has accelerated, according to organizers; in a recent AP-NORC poll, just under half of American voters expressed confidence that midterm votes will be counted accurately.

— Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Wu Hongliang, president of Beijing Fine Art Academy and chief curator of Wuhan Biennale 2026, expressed the need to bring art closer to the local community via its programming.

— Denni Hu, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026