dignifying
present participle ofdignify
dignify
verb[T]
uk/ˈdɪɡ.nɪ.faɪ/us/ˈdɪɡ.nə.faɪ/tocausesomething to berespectedandconsideredimportant
tocausesomething to berespectedandconsideredimportantwhen that is notdeserved:
I'm notevengoing to dignify thatstupidquestionwithananswer.
Showing respect and admiration
- admiration
- admire
- admiring
- admiringly
- approving
- approvingly
- freedom
- fulsomely
- fulsomeness
- glorify
- hallow
- homage
- payyourrespectsidiom
- putsomeoneon a pedestalidiom
- respectful
- respectfully
- retire
- retire a numberidiom
- revere
- reverence
Examplesofdignifying
dignifying
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Local populations no longer ascribed to them anydignifyingquality, and increasingly demanded from them a total participation in the war effort.
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Friendship between doctor and patient, with itsdignifyingand therapeutic properties, should take the place of the contractual, impersonal model.
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Intellectual distinction could console a nation whose military fortunes were sagging,dignifyingthe savant with a patriotic role that conveniently coincided with his own personal quest for fame.
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That is a far cry fromdignifyingthe writing off of losses with the name of public dividend capital.
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In fact, it isdignifyingit somewhat to call it a long-term economic strategy.
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Therefore, by taking it at that rational level, it isdignifyingwhat is put before us.
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I think that would bedignifyingit by too great a name.
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All of these are definite undertakings which will have the effectdignifyingthe countryside.
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It sets out with apodictic firmness specific claims of their own side, and without evendignifyingthe other side by name treats its vital concerns with oracular obliqueness.
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Being able to respond to the vulnerability of patients in a way that providesdignifyingcare is a key concept in the field.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Earning a decent income in the private sector, it is argued, is also moredignifyingthan relying on hand-outs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The idea ofdignifyingcommonplace objects in this way was originally a shocking challenge to the accepted distinction between what was considered "art" as opposed to "not art".
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Gaskell's style is notable fordignifyingthe use of local dialect words by putting them into the voice of her characters, and of the narrator.
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