'Rarefied' definitions:
Definition of 'rarefied'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air" [syn: rare, rarefied, rarified]
adjective
Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose" [syn: exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded]
Definition of 'Rarefied'
From: GCIDE
- Rarefy \Rar"e*fy\ (r[a^]r"[-e]*f[imac]; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rarefied (r[a^]r"[-e]*f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Rarefying (r[a^]r"[-e]*f[imac]`[i^]ng).] [F. rar['e]fier; L. rarus rare + -ficare (in comp.) to make; cf. L. rarefacere. See -fy.] To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to; -- opposed to condense. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rarefied'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adulterated,
- air-built,
- airy,
- attenuate,
- attenuated,
- boyish,
- chimerical,
- clannish,
- cliquish,
- cloud-built,
- cut,
- dainty,
- delicate,
- diaphanous,
- dilute,
- diluted,
- dreamlike,
- elevated,
- esoteric,
- ethereal,
- exalted,
- exclusive,
- fanciful,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- fine,
- fine-drawn,
- finespun,
- flimsy,
- frail,
- gaseous,
- gauzy,
- girlish,
- gossamer,
- gossamery,
- gracile,
- high,
- illusory,
- imaginary,
- insubstantial,
- lacy,
- lean,
- light,
- lofty,
- misty,
- noble,
- papery,
- phantomlike,
- private,
- rare,
- reduced,
- scant,
- scanty,
- select,
- shadowy,
- slender,
- slenderish,
- slight,
- slight-made,
- slim,
- slimmish,
- slinky,
- small,
- sparse,
- spirituous,
- sublime,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- svelte,
- sylphlike,
- tenuous,
- thin,
- thin-bodied,
- thin-set,
- thin-spun,
- thinned,
- thinned-out,
- thinnish,
- threadlike,
- uncompact,
- uncompressed,
- unreal,
- unsubstantial,
- vague,
- vaporous,
- wasp-waisted,
- watered,
- watered-down,
- watery,
- weak,
- willowy,
- windy,
- wiredrawn,
- wispy