Antonyms for undignified

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dig-nuh-fahyd

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪg nəˌfaɪd

Definition of undignified

Origin : 1680s, of clergy, "not holding a position of dignity," from un- (1) "not" + dignified. Meaning "lacking in dignity of manner" is attested from 1782.

As in low : adj crude, vulgar
As in unseemly : adj improper; in bad taste

Example sentences :

Joking is undignified; that is why it is so good for one's soul.
Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

That's the most undignified thing ever I see Heman Atkins do.
Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln

And even now it was held to be undignified to swerve from that doctrine.
Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon

Booted and spurred, he scrambled into the hammock with undignified haste.
Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad

"It was all there," but all unseemly, ungraceful, undignified; for Polly Dill was pretty.
Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever

But without any undignified murmurs, he submitted to this extortion also.
Extract from : « Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi » by John S. C. Abbott

There she heeled at an undignified angle, and her crew yelled aloud.
Extract from : « Soldiers Three, Part II. » by Rudyard Kipling

He was helpless, and he lay blubbering, undignified, with a breaking heart.
Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray

As for me, I scuttled up the lane in the most undignified fashion.
Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery

There was plenty of money, she believed, and it was undignified to argue with a servant.
Extract from : « Mary Louise Solves a Mystery » by L. Frank Baum

Synonyms for undignified

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