Rarefied
adj, verb
adj, verb ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of rarefy form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Distant from the lives and everyday concerns of ordinary people; esoteric, exclusive, select.
"Philosophical debates can be quite rarefied."
- 2 Elevated in style or nature, sublime; of high intellectual or moral value.
- 3 Less dense than usual; thin.
"The air at high altitudes at the top of mountains is rarefied."
Adjective
- 1 of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style wordnet
- 2 having low density wordnet
Example
More examples"The air is rarefied on high mountains."