dignified

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of DIGNIFIED

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>

Synonyms august, distingué, distinguished, imposing, portly, solemn, staid, stately

Related Words decorous, proper, seemly; grave, grim, po-faced [British], sober, somber (or sombre); aristocratic, elegant, elevated, handsome, lordly, magisterial, majestic, noble

Near Antonyms coarse, crass, crude, improper, indecent, uncouth, unseemly, vulgar

Antonyms flighty, frivolous, giddy, goofy, silly, undignified

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