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countrified

countrified

1 7.0
Having the simple, rural style and feel of the countryside
  • adjective
  • /ˈkʌntrɪfaɪd/
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  • The restaurant's decor is very countrified, featuring rustic furniture and handmade crafts.
  • countrified way
  • more countrified

Examples

  • At times, he played the chicken farmer, cute and countrified, eliciting coos of delight from an adoring audience.

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  • An album soon followed, Inside Your Guitar, and the rockier elements were honed down to a gentle, somewhat countrified rock.

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  • We were a part of New York City, but we were more countrified.

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  • "Well, why not make it really countrified and seasonal?"

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Each worth three million dollars and more, and yet they looked like ordinary countrified shacks.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Now we're getting countrified.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • It seems like they must think that if they can get a girl like Brenda Sue, then they won't have to feel so ashamed about being so countrified.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Marcia followed Kaye's car out of the town's old center, onto a road with a little mall of newer stores, into the hillier, wealthier, more countrified expanses where Jimmy's parents had always lived.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • This charming cottage has a countrified style with wooden beams and floral patterns.

  • She prefers a countrified lifestyle, enjoying gardening and long walks in nature.

Synonyms

rural
vscountrified
392 2.5

Of the countryside rather than the city, often near farms and open land

focuses on countryside style and unsophisticated character not just location
rustic
vscountrified
40 5.2

Having a simple, rough style like the countryside

means countryside style or general lack of sophistication
countryfied
vscountrified
  • Offensive
8.3

Having simple country style like small farms and plain homes

is the same in meaning but spelled differently

Antonyms

571 2.5

About a city or town rather than the countryside

279 6.8

A machine or system with many advanced parts and careful design

How Rural

countrified
1 7.0
rustic
40 5.2
rural
392 2.5

Surface Forms

countrified positive
countrifieder comparative
countrifiedest superlative

Morphology

countrified = countrify (transparent) = country + fy + ed

The verb 'countrify' (country + -fy) is a regular, productive formation and adding '-ed' yields the adjective meaning 'made/made to be like the country'.

Etymology

The word countrified comes from country meaning 'the countryside' and the ending -fied meaning 'made'. So it means 'made to be like the country', which is why countrified describes a simple, cozy rural style.