Meanings
adjectiveundignified (comparative more undignified, superlative most undignified)
comparative more undignified · superlative most undignified
- lacking in or damaging to dignity
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of undignify
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivelacking dignity
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishdignified
- Englishundignified
Translations
Bulgarian непристоен
- непристоен (nepristoen)lacking in dignity
Finnish ala-arvoinen, sopimaton
- ala-arvoinenlacking in dignity
- sopimatonlacking in dignity
- moukkamainenlacking in dignity
German würdelos, entwürdigend
- würdeloslacking in dignity
- entwürdigendlacking in dignity
Hindi अशोभनीय
- अशोभनीय (aśobhnīya)lacking in dignity
Polish niegodny, poniżający
- niegodnylacking in dignity
- poniżającylacking in dignity
- pozbawiony godnościlacking in dignity
Spanish no / poco dignificado, indignificado
- no / poco dignificadolacking in dignity
- indignificadolacking in dignity
Swedish ovärdig
- ovärdiglacking in dignity
Cite this entry
APA
undignified. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undignified
MLA
“undignified.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undignified. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undignified,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undignified.
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