Home › Words › I › indignifyindignifyindignify means to undignify.EtymologyFrom Latin indignus (“unworthy”) + -fy.verbTo undignifye.g.“Therefore , in closure of a thankful mind , I deem it best to hold eternally Their bounteous deeds and noble favours shrin ' d , Than by discourse them to indignify” — 1595, Ed. Spencer [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “Colin Clouts Come Home Againe”, in Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, London: […] T[homas] C[reede] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.undignify 83% match — To treat without dignity. vs indignify →indignly 72% match — In an unworthy manner. vs indignify →undignifiedness 71% match — The quality of being undignified. vs indignify →undignified 71% match — lacking in or damaging to dignity vs indignify →undignifiedly 71% match — In an undignified manner; without dignity. vs indignify →indignancy 70% match — indignation vs indignify →indign 68% match — Unworthy, undeserving. vs indignify →dignification 68% match — The act of dignifying or making dignified vs indignify →