Dignify
verb
To make something seem important or valuable.
The ceremony was designed to dignify the occasion.
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- dignify the occasion
- dignify the event
verb
To add significance or respect to something, often by considering it seriously.
I won't dignify that rude question with an answer.
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- dignify with a response
- dignify with an answer
verb
To make something seem important or valuable.
The ceremony was designed to dignify the occasion.
Often appears as...
- dignify the occasion
- dignify the event
verb
To add significance or respect to something, often by considering it seriously.
I won't dignify that rude question with an answer.
Often appears as...
- dignify with a response
- dignify with an answer
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
Using 'dignify' often implies a positive feeling about the subject, suggesting its worthiness and merit.
They decided to dignify the humble community center by holding the mayor's reception there.
Pro Tip 2/3Verb Usage
The word 'dignify' is a verb, often followed by 'the' and a noun which is the recipient of increased importance.
The presence of the esteemed professor dignified the academic conference.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Physical Change
'Dignify' is about perception and status, not physically altering something.
Her insightful speech dignified the debate, giving it a sense of gravitas.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
Using 'dignify' often implies a positive feeling about the subject, suggesting its worthiness and merit.
They decided to dignify the humble community center by holding the mayor's reception there.
Pro Tip 2/3Verb Usage
The word 'dignify' is a verb, often followed by 'the' and a noun which is the recipient of increased importance.
The presence of the esteemed professor dignified the academic conference.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Physical Change
'Dignify' is about perception and status, not physically altering something.
Her insightful speech dignified the debate, giving it a sense of gravitas.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
Using 'dignify' often implies a positive feeling about the subject, suggesting its worthiness and merit.
They decided to dignify the humble community center by holding the mayor's reception there.
Pro Tip 2/3Verb Usage
The word 'dignify' is a verb, often followed by 'the' and a noun which is the recipient of increased importance.
The presence of the esteemed professor dignified the academic conference.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Physical Change
'Dignify' is about perception and status, not physically altering something.
Her insightful speech dignified the debate, giving it a sense of gravitas.
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On tennis, love and...
who said some very unkind, inappropriate, dare I say racial things. You have responded to him. I'm not even going to dignify what he said, but you responded. Why did you respond? Well, I think there are very inappropriate comments, and not only that, I've been really supportive of my peers and the people that I've worked with. I've been a pro for almost 20 years,
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How to design a library...
And the kids were great, hand-selected by the principals and the librarian. It just kind of created this heroic atmosphere in this library, this very dignified setting below and the joy of the children above. So naturally all the other librarians in the other schools see this and they said, well, we want murals too.
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Jimmy Nelson: Gorgeous...
I mean, I have teenage kids. I should know. It was about a boyfriend. The girl on the top, she'd kissed the wrong boy, and they'd started having a fight. And there was a very, very beautiful lesson for me in If I was going to photograph these people in the dignified, respectful way that I had intended,
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What makes us get sick?...
like a lot of patients that I have the privilege of caring for, is a dignified person, a formidable presence, a personality that's larger than life, but here she was doubled over in pain sitting on my exam table. Her head, clearly throbbing, was resting in her hands. She lifted her head up,
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Retrofitting suburbia -...
they built a Boulevard that has become the main street for their town and it's transformed from being an ugly unsafe undesirable address to becoming a beautiful attractive dignified sort of good address I mean now we're hoping we'll get start to see it they've
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Storytellers Summit Day...
we are to see ourselves dignified in these public and institutional spaces everything that I do with my work and the people who I photograph for stories and themes of social justice paid access to water and sanitation or safe housing
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Why We Need To Talk Shit...
have a dignified space to cater for their needs they don't have to miss school anymore and we've also created hundreds of jobs filled by young people like our teammate Brenda who earns a good income it supports her family and
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Spotting the World's...
In the middle of the day in an old, abandoned slate quarry. Such a wise and dignified animal, Just like other nocturnal owls like the barn owl. They have ears on different levels on their head.
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The tyranny of merit PIPE...
So it is folly to create an economy that makes a university diploma a necessary condition of dignified work and a decent life. Encouraging people to go to college is a good thing.
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Jody Williams: A...
with justice and equality. It is a sustainable peace in which the majority of people on this planet have access to enough resources to live dignified lives,
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On tennis, love and...
who said some very unkind, inappropriate, dare I say racial things. You have responded to him. I'm not even going to dignify what he said, but you responded. Why did you respond? Well, I think there are very inappropriate comments, and not only that, I've been really supportive of my peers and the people that I've worked with. I've been a pro for almost 20 years,
Video examples
How to design a library...
And the kids were great, hand-selected by the principals and the librarian. It just kind of created this heroic atmosphere in this library, this very dignified setting below and the joy of the children above. So naturally all the other librarians in the other schools see this and they said, well, we want murals too.
Video examples
Jimmy Nelson: Gorgeous...
I mean, I have teenage kids. I should know. It was about a boyfriend. The girl on the top, she'd kissed the wrong boy, and they'd started having a fight. And there was a very, very beautiful lesson for me in If I was going to photograph these people in the dignified, respectful way that I had intended,
Video examples
What makes us get sick?...
like a lot of patients that I have the privilege of caring for, is a dignified person, a formidable presence, a personality that's larger than life, but here she was doubled over in pain sitting on my exam table. Her head, clearly throbbing, was resting in her hands. She lifted her head up,
Video examples
Retrofitting suburbia -...
they built a Boulevard that has become the main street for their town and it's transformed from being an ugly unsafe undesirable address to becoming a beautiful attractive dignified sort of good address I mean now we're hoping we'll get start to see it they've
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Storytellers Summit Day...
we are to see ourselves dignified in these public and institutional spaces everything that I do with my work and the people who I photograph for stories and themes of social justice paid access to water and sanitation or safe housing
Video examples
Why We Need To Talk Shit...
have a dignified space to cater for their needs they don't have to miss school anymore and we've also created hundreds of jobs filled by young people like our teammate Brenda who earns a good income it supports her family and
Video examples
Spotting the World's...
In the middle of the day in an old, abandoned slate quarry. Such a wise and dignified animal, Just like other nocturnal owls like the barn owl. They have ears on different levels on their head.
Video examples
The tyranny of merit PIPE...
So it is folly to create an economy that makes a university diploma a necessary condition of dignified work and a decent life. Encouraging people to go to college is a good thing.
Video examples
Jody Williams: A...
with justice and equality. It is a sustainable peace in which the majority of people on this planet have access to enough resources to live dignified lives,
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Quote examples
Leila Janah
American Businesswoman
We spend billions on international aid annually, but we don't find ways to connect people to dignified work. I realized that if we don't think about ways to harness private capital to solve problems, we're leaving large amounts of money on the table and doing ourselves a disservice.
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Randa Abdel-Fattah
Palestinian Writer
For me, religious festivals and celebrations have become an important way to teach my children about how we can transform living with diversity from the superficial 'I eat ethnic food', to something dignified, mutually respectful and worthwhile.
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Safak Pavey
Turkish Diplomat
Families with disabled children are praying for their kids to die before them because they have no support systems. They are very scared about who will take care of their kids and how their kids will have a dignified life after they die.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
American Politician
I believe that every American should have stable, dignified housing; health care; education - that the most very basic needs to sustain modern life should be guaranteed in a moral society.
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Zygmunt Bauman
Polish Sociologist
There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
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Alicia Garza
American Activist
My definition of feminism is a social, political, economic system by which all genders are valued, respected, and can live dignified lives.
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Gretchen Carlson
American Journalist
All women deserve a dignified and respectful workplace in which talent, hard work and loyalty are recognized, revered, and rewarded.
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Princess Stephanie of Monaco
Monacan Royalty
You have to help people who are living with AIDS. Help them to live as dignified a life as they can.
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Booker T. Washington
American Educator
Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.
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Manisha Koirala
Nepalese Actress
One has to stay dignified about whatever is happening in life.
Quote examples
Leila Janah
American Businesswoman
We spend billions on international aid annually, but we don't find ways to connect people to dignified work. I realized that if we don't think about ways to harness private capital to solve problems, we're leaving large amounts of money on the table and doing ourselves a disservice.
Quote examples
Randa Abdel-Fattah
Palestinian Writer
For me, religious festivals and celebrations have become an important way to teach my children about how we can transform living with diversity from the superficial 'I eat ethnic food', to something dignified, mutually respectful and worthwhile.
Quote examples
Safak Pavey
Turkish Diplomat
Families with disabled children are praying for their kids to die before them because they have no support systems. They are very scared about who will take care of their kids and how their kids will have a dignified life after they die.
Quote examples
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
American Politician
I believe that every American should have stable, dignified housing; health care; education - that the most very basic needs to sustain modern life should be guaranteed in a moral society.
Quote examples
Zygmunt Bauman
Polish Sociologist
There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
Quote examples
Alicia Garza
American Activist
My definition of feminism is a social, political, economic system by which all genders are valued, respected, and can live dignified lives.
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Gretchen Carlson
American Journalist
All women deserve a dignified and respectful workplace in which talent, hard work and loyalty are recognized, revered, and rewarded.
Quote examples
Princess Stephanie of Monaco
Monacan Royalty
You have to help people who are living with AIDS. Help them to live as dignified a life as they can.
Quote examples
Booker T. Washington
American Educator
Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.
Quote examples
Manisha Koirala
Nepalese Actress
One has to stay dignified about whatever is happening in life.
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