adjective
- characterized or marked by dignity of aspect or manner; stately; decorous: dignified conduct.
adjective
- lacking in dignity
adjective
- characterized by dignity of manner or appearance; stately
adj.1680s, of clergy, “not holding a position of dignity,” from un- (1) “not” + dignified. Meaning “lacking in dignity of manner” is attested from 1782. adj.past participle adjective from dignify; 1660s in sense “ranking as a dignitary;” 1812 in sense “having a dignified manner.”