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undignify

undignify verb: to treat without dignity.

Verb

undignify (third-person singular simple present undignifies, present participle undignifying, simple past and past participle undignified)

  1. (transitive) To treat without dignity.
  2. (transitive) To demean.

Forms of undignify

third-person singular presentundignifies
present participleundignifying
past participleundignified
pastundignified

Origin of undignify

From un- + dignify.

Questions about undignify

What does undignify mean?
Undignify means to treat without dignity.
What part of speech is undignify?
Undignify is a verb.
What is the past tense of undignify?
The past tense of undignify is undignified.

Words near undignify in the dictionary

  1. undigitized
  2. undignified
  3. undignifiedly
  4. undignifiedness
  5. undignifies
  6. undignify
  7. undignifying
  8. undignity
  9. undigs
  10. undiked
  11. undilapidated

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