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Antonyms for rarefied


Grammar : Adj
Spell : rair-uh-fahyd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛər əˌfaɪd



Definition of rarefied

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French rarefier (14c.) and directly from Medieval Latin rarificare, from Latin rarefacere "make rare," from rarus "rare, thin" (see rare (adj.1)) + facere "to make" (see factitious). Related: Rarefied.
  • adj exclusive
Example sentences :
  • Science has told you that at such an altitude the air is rarefied.
  • Extract from : « Marion's Faith. » by Charles King
  • It appears to respire as easily in the most rarefied air as on the seashore.
  • Extract from : « The Western World » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • But I will not press this view, which may be too rarefied and lofty for the vulgar mind.
  • Extract from : « A Pessimist » by Robert Timsol
  • The birds had long abandoned us, for in that rarefied air they could not have flown.
  • Extract from : « A Winter Amid the Ice » by Jules Verne
  • They were intoxicated with rarefied atmosphere, not with alcohol.
  • Extract from : « The Rocky Mountain Wonderland » by Enos A. Mills
  • The shafts of the bones are brittle, rarefied, and easily broken.
  • Extract from : « Scurvy Past and Present » by Alfred Fabian Hess
  • I noticed, too, that I had to take long, deep breaths in the rarefied atmosphere.
  • Extract from : « Flying for France » by James R. McConnell
  • In such country as this there is a rarefied clean sweetness.
  • Extract from : « Letters from America » by Rupert Brooke
  • He dwells apart, in an atmosphere too rarefied for those who intrude into it.
  • Extract from : « The Lighter Side of School Life » by Ian Hay
  • Her atmosphere was the most deeply absorbed—the rarefied atmosphere of the studio.
  • Extract from : « The Furnace » by Rose Macaulay

Synonyms for rarefied

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