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Distant from the lives and everyday concerns of ordinary people; esoteric, exclusive, select.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Philosophical debates can be quite rarefied.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Elevated in style or nature, sublime; of high intellectual or moral value.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Less dense than usual; thin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The air at high altitudes at the top of mountains is rarefied.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
simple past and past participle of rarefy
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style- Oliver Franks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an exalted ideal
- argue in terms of high-flown ideals
- a noble and lofty concept
- a grand purpose
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded
Antonyms: none provided
6
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
having low density
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- rare gasses
- lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rare, rarified
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
езотеричен
(ezoteričen)
— distant from the lives and concerns of ordinary people
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German:
abgehoben
— distant from the lives and concerns of ordinary people
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German:
abstrakt
— distant from the lives and concerns of ordinary people
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German:
realitätsfern
— distant from the lives and concerns of ordinary people
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German:
entrückt
— distant from the lives and concerns of ordinary people
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German:
herausgehoben
— distant from the lives and concerns of ordinary people
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Bulgarian:
възвишен
(vǎzvišen)
— elevated in style or nature
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German:
erhaben
— elevated in style or nature
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German:
sublim
— elevated in style or nature
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German:
anspruchsvoll
— elevated in style or nature
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German:
exklusiv
— elevated in style or nature
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German:
verfeinert
— elevated in style or nature
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Russian:
утончённый
(utončónnyj)
— elevated in style or nature
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Bulgarian:
разреден
(razreden)
— less dense than usual
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Czech:
ředěný
— less dense than usual
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Czech:
zředěný
— less dense than usual
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Esperanto:
rara
— less dense than usual
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Esperanto:
maldensa
— less dense than usual
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French:
raréfié
— less dense than usual
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German:
verdünnt
— less dense than usual
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German:
dünn
— less dense than usual
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Irish:
séimh
— less dense than usual
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Manx:
thannit
— less dense than usual
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Polish:
rozrzedzony
— less dense than usual
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Portuguese:
rarefeito
— less dense than usual
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Russian:
разрежённый
(razrežónnyj)
— less dense than usual
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Spanish:
rarificado
— less dense than usual
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Spanish:
enrarecido
— less dense than usual
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Spanish:
rarefecho
— less dense than usual
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Spanish:
rareado
— less dense than usual
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Ukrainian:
розрі́джений
(rozrídženyj)
— less dense than usual
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Volapük:
feinüköl
— less dense than usual