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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
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