Synonyms for undignified
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dig-nuh-fahyd |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪg nəˌfaɪd |
Top 10 synonyms for undignified Other synonyms for the word undignified
- abject
- cheap
- coarse
- contemptible
- crass
- crude
- crumby
- dastardly
- despicable
- discreditable
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- disreputable
- gross
- ignoble
- ill-bred
- in poor taste
- inapt
- incorrect
- indecorous
- indelicate
- inelegant
- inept
- malapropos
- malodorous
- mean
- menial
- miserable
- nasty
- obscene
- off-color
- offensive
- out of keeping
- out of place
- poor
- raffish
- raw
- rowdy
- rude
- ruffian
- scrubby
- scruffy
- scurvy
- servile
- sordid
- unapt
- unbecoming
- unbefitting
- uncouth
- undignified
- ungodly
- unrefined
- unsuitable
- unworthy
- vile
- vulgar
- woebegone
- woeful
- wretched
- wrong
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for undignified
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