rarefied
rarefied · more rarefied · most rarefied
розріджений
утончённый, разрежённый
abgehoben, abstrakt, realitätsfern, entrückt
Distant from the lives and everyday concerns of ordinary peopleDistant from the lives and everyday concerns of ordinary people; esoteric, exclusive, select.
US/ɹˈɛɹəfaɪd/
Meaning
3 sensesDistant from the lives and everyday concerns of ordinary people; esoteric, exclusive, select.
Philosophical debates can be quite rarefied.
abgehoben, abstrakt, realitätsfern
Elevated in style or nature, sublime; of high intellectual or moral value.
erhaben, sublim, anspruchsvoll
утончённыйutončónnyj
of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
Less dense than usual; thin.
The air at high altitudes at the top of mountains is rarefied.
verdünnt, dünn
разрежённыйrazrežónnyj
розрі́дженийrozrídženyj
Translations
7 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
less dense than usual:
Русский
By meaning 2
elevated in style or nature:
less dense than usual:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
distant from the lives and concerns of ordinary people:
elevated in style or nature:
less dense than usual:
Forms
more rarefied, most rarefied| Comparative | more rarefied Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most rarefied Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
11 synonymsClose in meaning
- having low density:rarerarified
- of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style:exaltedelevatedsublimegrandhigh-flownhigh-mindedloftyrarified
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form