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UK
/ɹˈeəfaɪd/
]
[ US /ˈɹɛɹəfaɪd/ ]
[ US /ˈɹɛɹəfaɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
an exalted ideal
argue in terms of high-flown ideals
a grand purpose
a noble and lofty concept -
having low density
lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air
rare gasses
How To Use rarefied In A Sentence
- Like all literary feuds it began in a suitably rarefied atmosphere. Times, Sunday Times
- In these rarefied circles, being green brings cachet. Times, Sunday Times
- The lad and devoted dad must overcome corruption and indifference as they strive to make it in the rarefied world of the concert musician without connections.
- You breathe this rarefied air for a very short time. The Sun
- She seemed to exist in a rarefied air of lonely but enigmatic beauty. Times, Sunday Times
- She grew up in a rarefied world of private girls' schools and arranged marriages.
- Half of those surveyed said that they were members of the middle class, a social status that was once considered far more rarefied. Times, Sunday Times
- The key question has been how far the problems have spread beyond rarefied banking circles. Times, Sunday Times
- An appropriately rarefied setting for the ethereal folkie. Times, Sunday Times
- He was soaring in rarefied air - and then he looked down. Times, Sunday Times