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dignified

UK/ˈdɪɡnɪfaɪd/
adjectiveB2Common in everyday speech and writing · #5,089 of 15,258neutral

Dignified means calm and serious in a way that earns respect. Composed, when composure is hard.

The word almost always appears where somebody could reasonably have lost their temper and did not, which is why a dignified silence and a dignified response are such common phrases. It suits funerals, defeats and public criticism. The noun is dignity, and the verb dignify means to give something more standing than it deserves. Undignified is the opposite and describes a scramble, a squabble or an exit made badly.

Definitions of dignified

  1. 1adjectivedignifiedCalm and serious in a way that commands respect.B2

    “She made a dignified reply and left.”

Practised in A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 17 of A Man Called Ove.

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dignified in the wild

  • A dignified transfer is conducted for every U.S. military member who dies in a theater of operation while in the service of their country.

    Dignified transfer

  • A senior ranking officer of the fallen member's branch of service presides over each dignified transfer, with a carry team made up of members of the same branch.

    Dignified transfer

  • The heritage listing describes the monument as "simple yet dignified".

    Barnet Boys School Boer War Memorial

  • The sheng is a role type in Chinese opera for dignified and respectable male characters such as Confucian scholars, nobles, or heads of households.

    Sheng role

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.