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dignify something with something collocation to cause something to seem to be respected and important when that is not deserved: I'm not even going to dignify this nonsense with an answer. They refuse to talk about their "relationship", if we can dignify it with such a term. See
dignify George did not dignify them with an explanation. Mary glared at him, not prepared to dignify his various insults with a protest. Buckingham Palace refused to dignify the claims with a comment. I have commented on this before and will not dignify it with repetition. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Showing respect and admiration admiration admire admiring admiringly approving approvingly forelock fulsome fulsomely fulsomeness glorify grovelling hallow pay your respectsidiom philogynist philogyny put someone on a pedestalidiom regild respectfully worshipful |