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
Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
There’s something dignified in that we can be seen in these different ways.
—Essence, 16 Dec. 2024
Airline travel in 2025 is set to become more dignified for passengers with disabilities under a new Department of Transportation rule.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2024
Democrats were being overly dignified and playing by the old rules.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
Closing these health gaps is both a moral and practical imperative because every human being has a right to a healthy, dignified life; practical because health inequities impose substantial economic and social costs.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
There’s something dignified in that we can be seen in these different ways.
—Essence, 16 Dec. 2024
Airline travel in 2025 is set to become more dignified for passengers with disabilities under a new Department of Transportation rule.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2024
Democrats were being overly dignified and playing by the old rules.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dignified
Adjective
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The most imposing constructions, hidden by nature, towered above the tree canopy.—
Anna Lagos,
WIRED,
2 Nov. 2024
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The Foundling certainly sounds like a more imposing leader in the long term than the country’s autocrat-of-the-day, right?—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
17 Mar. 2024
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This has truly elevated the destination to a global stage, resulting in an influx of visitors from the US.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
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This gown can easily be dressed down for your next vacation or elevated for your next black tie event.—
Amazon,
refinery29.com,
4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Her distinguished career has been recognized with the prestigious Grand Dame award of Les Dames d’Escoffier (LDEI), as well as 2013 Woman of the Year by the Maître Cuisiniers de France.—
Cynthia Graubart,
Bon Appétit,
24 Jan. 2025
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Bing Zhang, a distinguished professor in the department of physics and astronomy at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has worked on research that models the origin points of fast radio bursts for years and has seen many observational clues suggesting magnetospheres could be a root cause.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Standing in front of the CIA Memorial Wall—the agency’s most important and solemn location—Trump offered remarks that resembled a campaign event, rambling from one random topic to another, including how big the crowds were at his inauguration.—
Peter Schroeder,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Jan. 2025
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Seated beside the President-elect, who donned a dark suit and royal blue tie, Melania Trump appeared noticeably solemn.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
9 Jan. 2025
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At home, the atmosphere was decorous, curious, gentle; outside, the culture of the nineteen-fifties was tougher, valorizing war and papering over a darker, more furtive kind of violence.—
Joshua Rothman,
The New Yorker,
25 Jan. 2025
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Aside from a series of gruesome martyr scenes frescoed on the interior wall of the second ring in the late 16th century, the décor reflects late Imperial taste for decorous abstraction and costly materials.—
David Laskin,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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“Dignified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dignified. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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