gentrified








adjective

  1. very or excessively refined or elegant.
  2. subjected to gentrification.

verb (used with object), gen·tri·fied, gen·tri·fy·ing.

  1. to alter (a deteriorated urban neighborhood) through the buying and renovation of houses and stores by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
  2. to conform to an upper- or middle-class lifestyle; make appealing to those with more affluent tastes: Fish and chips have been gentrified.

verb (used without object), gen·tri·fied, gen·tri·fy·ing.

  1. to undergo this type of change: Some neighborhoods gentrify more quickly than others.
v.

“renovate inner-city housing to middle-class standards,” by 1972, from gentry + -fy. Related: Gentrified, which was used from early 19c. of persons.

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