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dignifying

dignifying

6.3
Making someone or something seem more worthy of respect
  • adjective
  • /ˈdɪɡnɪˌfaɪɪŋ/
translation icon : dignificante
  • He spoke in a dignifying tone that showed respect for the audience's intelligence.

Now in Islam, women are honored, valued, taken care of, dignified and, and, and don't even come at me with all those stupid negative trolls online.

Examples

  • The awards presentation was a dignifying event that celebrated outstanding achievements in the community.

  • But the time people spend in their cars seems to have no dignifying effect on the cars at all.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • As dignifying and legitimating the present present firing, the present conflict.

  • What we do know is that you have millions of people who are breaking the change of their own subjugation and they want to create a more stable, dignified world.

  • Far from being an antiquated Victorian notion, modesty has a dignifying, empowering effect; it might even turn you into a whole person, rather than a screw-toy.

    Blog text (19)

  • The ceremony was dignifying, honoring the contributions of those who served our country.

Synonyms

ennobling
vsdignifying
1 7.5

Making people or things seem more worthy and respected

frames someone as worthy by giving an appearance of honor

How Respectful

ennobling
1 7.5
to honor
  • US
796 2.3
dignifying
6.3

Surface Forms

dignifying positive

Morphology

dignifying = dignify (transparent) = dign + ify + ing

This is a straightforward present-participial/adjectival form of 'dignify', so the meaning is directly recoverable from the base verb plus '-ing'.

Etymology

The word dignifying comes from the old Latin root dignus, which means 'worthy', and it shares the same root as dignity. So to dignify someone or something is to make it seem worthy and respected.