Definition of dignify in English:

dignify

verbdignified, dignifying, dignifies ˈdɪɡnɪfʌɪˈdɪɡnəˌfaɪ

[with object]

1Make (something) seem worthy and impressive.
the Americans had dignified their departure with a ceremony
Example sentencesExamples
- I think it's a way of dressing up and dignifying the fact that, again, they thought this would be a money spinner.
- We would rather not dignify their claims with a response, but we fear that if they are left unchallenged they may enter popular currency.
- And by branding itself a new political movement, it dignifies powerlessness by presenting it as protest.
- What's causing you to dignify it by acting as if it's a worthy endeavor rather than yet another unnecessary cash-in attempt?
- It is probably a waste of time to dignify this silliness.
- It depends on a sense of social hierarchy that dignifies a particular group or institution - the church, the nobility, whatever - with a degree of authority.
- The Scottish election will confirm that there is a crisis of democracy in Britain today, in so far as nearly half of us won't even bother to get out and dignify the great devolution experiment with a vote.
- When did we no longer appreciate that to dignify certain modes of behavior, manners, and ways of being with artistic representation was implicitly to glorify and promote them?
- If theirs is a hopeless cause in pursuit of impractical ideals, why dignify them in print?
- More importantly, what sort of record label would dignify such amateurish enthusiasm by actually releasing it?
- But what could be better than a biblical ingredient for enhancing and dignifying the material?
- ‘That's not a question,’ he responded, refusing to dignify the boneheaded inquiry.
- It's just that nowadays we feel the need to dignify our obsessions by passing them off as artistic or educational endeavours.
- Nonetheless, I have always had some misgivings about dignifying the count at all.
- The guy has brought all his resources to bear to pay tribute to blue collar heroism, dignify mundane aspirations, memorialize the dead, and console the survivors.
- But at the least, he'd stay on the sidelines, unwilling to dignify this dishonorable slime.
- It ain't easy, but it ain't the Tour [and] we will not even dignify golfers in this discussion.
- Confronted with such an interrogation our beloved Prime Minister would undoubtedly say that he would not dignify it with acknowledgement, let alone answers, and he would be perfectly within his rights to do so.
- The outcome is a series of eye-catching shelters that enhance and dignify bus travel and make a strong statement in the urban environment.
- Unfortunately, this education breeds and dignifies some dangerous inclinations.
Synonyms
distinguish, add distinction to, add dignity to, honour, bestow honour on, grace, adorn, exalt, enhance, add lustre to, magnify, ennoble, glorify, elevate, make lofty, aggrandize, upgrade
1. 1.1 Give an impressive name to (someone or something unworthy of it)
  dumps are increasingly dignified as landfills
  Example sentencesExamples
  Their dancing, if I can even dignify it as such, was a composite of waist twisting, arm flailing and a vaudeville-style feet shuffle.
  Malnutrition was epidemic and medical care, if it can be dignified as such, was virtually useless in those rare instances when it was available.
  Doctrine aside, it seemed strange to me that he would choose the word ‘closet’ to dignify Mary; or, to put it the other way around, that something as mundane as a closet could be sanctified.
  We are granted a glimpse of another world, a world that we share with the animals, who are dignified as antagonists, worshipped as totems and pursued as quarry.
  But if those seeking to understand the genome through bioinformatic and evolutionary analysis had had just one fraction of a percent of the funds available to the Consortium and Celera, they might have already achieved the transformation of mere data (let us not dignify it as "knowledge") into understanding?
  The assorted weirdos (let's not dignify them with the term ‘contestants’) will be initially split into two separate groups of 12, each unaware of the others existence.
  Critics may dignify it as ‘street-smarts,’ but for most home-school parents, this kind of ‘education’ is precisely what they wish to protect their children from.
  ‘Stability’ is a fancy term to dignify laziness and complacency as sophistication.
  Socialism will sacrifice these lives because it believes that to dignify a foetus with the title ‘human’ is a religious superstition.
  Could we stop dignifying its vengeance and violence as ‘rulings’?

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French dignefier, from late Latin dignificare, from Latin dignus 'worthy'.

deign from Middle English:
To deign is to do something that you consider beneath your dignity, and the word is bound up with ‘dignity’. It goes back to Latin dignare ‘to judge to be worthy’, which was formed from dignus ‘worthy’, the source of dignity (Middle English), and dignify (Late Middle English), and the negative disdain (Middle English) ‘consider unworthy’.

Rhymes

signify

Definition of dignify in US English:

dignify

verbˈdiɡnəˌfīˈdɪɡnəˌfaɪ

[with object]

1Make (something) seem worthy and impressive.
the Americans had dignified their departure with a ceremony
Example sentencesExamples
- What's causing you to dignify it by acting as if it's a worthy endeavor rather than yet another unnecessary cash-in attempt?
- The outcome is a series of eye-catching shelters that enhance and dignify bus travel and make a strong statement in the urban environment.
- Confronted with such an interrogation our beloved Prime Minister would undoubtedly say that he would not dignify it with acknowledgement, let alone answers, and he would be perfectly within his rights to do so.
- But at the least, he'd stay on the sidelines, unwilling to dignify this dishonorable slime.
- It depends on a sense of social hierarchy that dignifies a particular group or institution - the church, the nobility, whatever - with a degree of authority.
- If theirs is a hopeless cause in pursuit of impractical ideals, why dignify them in print?
- When did we no longer appreciate that to dignify certain modes of behavior, manners, and ways of being with artistic representation was implicitly to glorify and promote them?
- Nonetheless, I have always had some misgivings about dignifying the count at all.
- The guy has brought all his resources to bear to pay tribute to blue collar heroism, dignify mundane aspirations, memorialize the dead, and console the survivors.
- ‘That's not a question,’ he responded, refusing to dignify the boneheaded inquiry.
- It's just that nowadays we feel the need to dignify our obsessions by passing them off as artistic or educational endeavours.
- It is probably a waste of time to dignify this silliness.
- I think it's a way of dressing up and dignifying the fact that, again, they thought this would be a money spinner.
- Unfortunately, this education breeds and dignifies some dangerous inclinations.
- We would rather not dignify their claims with a response, but we fear that if they are left unchallenged they may enter popular currency.
- More importantly, what sort of record label would dignify such amateurish enthusiasm by actually releasing it?
- It ain't easy, but it ain't the Tour [and] we will not even dignify golfers in this discussion.
- And by branding itself a new political movement, it dignifies powerlessness by presenting it as protest.
- The Scottish election will confirm that there is a crisis of democracy in Britain today, in so far as nearly half of us won't even bother to get out and dignify the great devolution experiment with a vote.
- But what could be better than a biblical ingredient for enhancing and dignifying the material?
Synonyms
distinguish, add distinction to, add dignity to, honour, bestow honour on, grace, adorn, exalt, enhance, add lustre to, magnify, ennoble, glorify, elevate, make lofty, aggrandize, upgrade
1. 1.1 Give an impressive name to (someone or something that one considers worthless)
  dumps are increasingly dignified as landfills
  Example sentencesExamples
  Socialism will sacrifice these lives because it believes that to dignify a foetus with the title ‘human’ is a religious superstition.
  Malnutrition was epidemic and medical care, if it can be dignified as such, was virtually useless in those rare instances when it was available.
  Doctrine aside, it seemed strange to me that he would choose the word ‘closet’ to dignify Mary; or, to put it the other way around, that something as mundane as a closet could be sanctified.
  The assorted weirdos (let's not dignify them with the term ‘contestants’) will be initially split into two separate groups of 12, each unaware of the others existence.
  But if those seeking to understand the genome through bioinformatic and evolutionary analysis had had just one fraction of a percent of the funds available to the Consortium and Celera, they might have already achieved the transformation of mere data (let us not dignify it as "knowledge") into understanding?
  Critics may dignify it as ‘street-smarts,’ but for most home-school parents, this kind of ‘education’ is precisely what they wish to protect their children from.
  We are granted a glimpse of another world, a world that we share with the animals, who are dignified as antagonists, worshipped as totems and pursued as quarry.
  ‘Stability’ is a fancy term to dignify laziness and complacency as sophistication.
  Could we stop dignifying its vengeance and violence as ‘rulings’?
  Their dancing, if I can even dignify it as such, was a composite of waist twisting, arm flailing and a vaudeville-style feet shuffle.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French dignefier, from late Latin dignificare, from Latin dignus ‘worthy’.

单词	dignify
释义	Definition of dignify in English: dignify verbdignified, dignifying, dignifies ˈdɪɡnɪfʌɪˈdɪɡnəˌfaɪ [with object] 1Make (something) seem worthy and impressive. the Americans had dignified their departure with a ceremony Example sentencesExamples I think it's a way of dressing up and dignifying the fact that, again, they thought this would be a money spinner. We would rather not dignify their claims with a response, but we fear that if they are left unchallenged they may enter popular currency. And by branding itself a new political movement, it dignifies powerlessness by presenting it as protest. What's causing you to dignify it by acting as if it's a worthy endeavor rather than yet another unnecessary cash-in attempt? It is probably a waste of time to dignify this silliness. It depends on a sense of social hierarchy that dignifies a particular group or institution - the church, the nobility, whatever - with a degree of authority. The Scottish election will confirm that there is a crisis of democracy in Britain today, in so far as nearly half of us won't even bother to get out and dignify the great devolution experiment with a vote. When did we no longer appreciate that to dignify certain modes of behavior, manners, and ways of being with artistic representation was implicitly to glorify and promote them? If theirs is a hopeless cause in pursuit of impractical ideals, why dignify them in print? More importantly, what sort of record label would dignify such amateurish enthusiasm by actually releasing it? But what could be better than a biblical ingredient for enhancing and dignifying the material? ‘That's not a question,’ he responded, refusing to dignify the boneheaded inquiry. It's just that nowadays we feel the need to dignify our obsessions by passing them off as artistic or educational endeavours. Nonetheless, I have always had some misgivings about dignifying the count at all. The guy has brought all his resources to bear to pay tribute to blue collar heroism, dignify mundane aspirations, memorialize the dead, and console the survivors. But at the least, he'd stay on the sidelines, unwilling to dignify this dishonorable slime. It ain't easy, but it ain't the Tour [and] we will not even dignify golfers in this discussion. Confronted with such an interrogation our beloved Prime Minister would undoubtedly say that he would not dignify it with acknowledgement, let alone answers, and he would be perfectly within his rights to do so. The outcome is a series of eye-catching shelters that enhance and dignify bus travel and make a strong statement in the urban environment. Unfortunately, this education breeds and dignifies some dangerous inclinations. Synonyms distinguish, add distinction to, add dignity to, honour, bestow honour on, grace, adorn, exalt, enhance, add lustre to, magnify, ennoble, glorify, elevate, make lofty, aggrandize, upgrade 1.1 Give an impressive name to (someone or something unworthy of it) dumps are increasingly dignified as landfills Example sentencesExamples Their dancing, if I can even dignify it as such, was a composite of waist twisting, arm flailing and a vaudeville-style feet shuffle. Malnutrition was epidemic and medical care, if it can be dignified as such, was virtually useless in those rare instances when it was available. Doctrine aside, it seemed strange to me that he would choose the word ‘closet’ to dignify Mary; or, to put it the other way around, that something as mundane as a closet could be sanctified. We are granted a glimpse of another world, a world that we share with the animals, who are dignified as antagonists, worshipped as totems and pursued as quarry. But if those seeking to understand the genome through bioinformatic and evolutionary analysis had had just one fraction of a percent of the funds available to the Consortium and Celera, they might have already achieved the transformation of mere data (let us not dignify it as "knowledge") into understanding? The assorted weirdos (let's not dignify them with the term ‘contestants’) will be initially split into two separate groups of 12, each unaware of the others existence. Critics may dignify it as ‘street-smarts,’ but for most home-school parents, this kind of ‘education’ is precisely what they wish to protect their children from. ‘Stability’ is a fancy term to dignify laziness and complacency as sophistication. Socialism will sacrifice these lives because it believes that to dignify a foetus with the title ‘human’ is a religious superstition. Could we stop dignifying its vengeance and violence as ‘rulings’? Origin Late Middle English: from Old French dignefier, from late Latin dignificare, from Latin dignus 'worthy'. deign from Middle English: To deign is to do something that you consider beneath your dignity, and the word is bound up with ‘dignity’. It goes back to Latin dignare ‘to judge to be worthy’, which was formed from dignus ‘worthy’, the source of dignity (Middle English), and dignify (Late Middle English), and the negative disdain (Middle English) ‘consider unworthy’. Rhymes signify Definition of dignify in US English: dignify verbˈdiɡnəˌfīˈdɪɡnəˌfaɪ [with object] 1Make (something) seem worthy and impressive. the Americans had dignified their departure with a ceremony Example sentencesExamples What's causing you to dignify it by acting as if it's a worthy endeavor rather than yet another unnecessary cash-in attempt? The outcome is a series of eye-catching shelters that enhance and dignify bus travel and make a strong statement in the urban environment. Confronted with such an interrogation our beloved Prime Minister would undoubtedly say that he would not dignify it with acknowledgement, let alone answers, and he would be perfectly within his rights to do so. But at the least, he'd stay on the sidelines, unwilling to dignify this dishonorable slime. It depends on a sense of social hierarchy that dignifies a particular group or institution - the church, the nobility, whatever - with a degree of authority. If theirs is a hopeless cause in pursuit of impractical ideals, why dignify them in print? When did we no longer appreciate that to dignify certain modes of behavior, manners, and ways of being with artistic representation was implicitly to glorify and promote them? Nonetheless, I have always had some misgivings about dignifying the count at all. The guy has brought all his resources to bear to pay tribute to blue collar heroism, dignify mundane aspirations, memorialize the dead, and console the survivors. ‘That's not a question,’ he responded, refusing to dignify the boneheaded inquiry. It's just that nowadays we feel the need to dignify our obsessions by passing them off as artistic or educational endeavours. It is probably a waste of time to dignify this silliness. I think it's a way of dressing up and dignifying the fact that, again, they thought this would be a money spinner. Unfortunately, this education breeds and dignifies some dangerous inclinations. We would rather not dignify their claims with a response, but we fear that if they are left unchallenged they may enter popular currency. More importantly, what sort of record label would dignify such amateurish enthusiasm by actually releasing it? It ain't easy, but it ain't the Tour [and] we will not even dignify golfers in this discussion. And by branding itself a new political movement, it dignifies powerlessness by presenting it as protest. The Scottish election will confirm that there is a crisis of democracy in Britain today, in so far as nearly half of us won't even bother to get out and dignify the great devolution experiment with a vote. But what could be better than a biblical ingredient for enhancing and dignifying the material? Synonyms distinguish, add distinction to, add dignity to, honour, bestow honour on, grace, adorn, exalt, enhance, add lustre to, magnify, ennoble, glorify, elevate, make lofty, aggrandize, upgrade 1.1 Give an impressive name to (someone or something that one considers worthless) dumps are increasingly dignified as landfills Example sentencesExamples Socialism will sacrifice these lives because it believes that to dignify a foetus with the title ‘human’ is a religious superstition. Malnutrition was epidemic and medical care, if it can be dignified as such, was virtually useless in those rare instances when it was available. Doctrine aside, it seemed strange to me that he would choose the word ‘closet’ to dignify Mary; or, to put it the other way around, that something as mundane as a closet could be sanctified. The assorted weirdos (let's not dignify them with the term ‘contestants’) will be initially split into two separate groups of 12, each unaware of the others existence. But if those seeking to understand the genome through bioinformatic and evolutionary analysis had had just one fraction of a percent of the funds available to the Consortium and Celera, they might have already achieved the transformation of mere data (let us not dignify it as "knowledge") into understanding? Critics may dignify it as ‘street-smarts,’ but for most home-school parents, this kind of ‘education’ is precisely what they wish to protect their children from. We are granted a glimpse of another world, a world that we share with the animals, who are dignified as antagonists, worshipped as totems and pursued as quarry. ‘Stability’ is a fancy term to dignify laziness and complacency as sophistication. Could we stop dignifying its vengeance and violence as ‘rulings’? Their dancing, if I can even dignify it as such, was a composite of waist twisting, arm flailing and a vaudeville-style feet shuffle. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French dignefier, from late Latin dignificare, from Latin dignus ‘worthy’.
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