RAREFIED meaning: Less dense, refined, or elevated

We found 25 dictionaries that define the word Rarefied:

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rarefied: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
rarefied: Merriam-Webster
rarefied: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
rarefied: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
rarefied: Collins English Dictionary
rarefied: Vocabulary.com
Rarefied, rarefied: Wordnik
rarefied: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
rarefied: Wiktionary
rarefied: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
rarefied: Infoplease Dictionary
Rarefied, rarefied: Dictionary.com
rarefied: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Rarefied: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Rarefied: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
rarefied: Rhymezone
Rarefied: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
rarefied: FreeDictionary.org
rarefied: Mnemonic Dictionary
rarefied: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

rarefied: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)

rarefied: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
rarefied: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rarefied)

▸ adjective:  Distant from the lives and everyday concerns of ordinary people; esoteric, exclusive, select.
▸ adjective:  Elevated in style or nature, sublime; of high intellectual or moral value.
▸ adjective:  (of a gas etc.) Less dense than usual; thin.

Similar:

rarified, high-minded, rare, reserved, high-flown, exalted, thin, lofty, idealistic, noble, more...

Opposite:

dense, concentrated, thick, viscous

Phrases:

rarefied gas, rarefied air, more...

Colors:

alabaster, ivory, pearl, champagne, ecru, more...

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