English-Thai Dictionary

dignity

N ความ มีเกียรติ  ความสง่างาม  ความ ภูมิฐาน  pride honor self-confidence kwam-me-kaid

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DIGNITY

n.[L., worthy. ] 1. True honor; nobleness or elevation of mind, consisting in a high sense of propriety, truth and justice, with an abhorrence of mean and sinful actions; opposed to meanness. In this sense, we speak of the dignity of mind, and dignity of sentiments. This dignity is based on moral rectitude; all vice is incompatible with true dignity of mind. The man who deliberately injures another, whether male or female, has no true dignity of soul.
2. Elevation; honorable place or rank of elevation; degree of excellence, either in estimation, or in the order of nature. Man is superior in dignity to brutes.
3. Elevation of aspect; grandeur of mein; as a man of native dignity.
4. Elevation of deportment; as dignity of manners or behavior.
5. An elevated office, civil or ecclesiastical, giving a high rank in society; advancement; preferment, or the rank attached to it. We say, a man enjoys his dignity with moderation, or without haughtiness. Among ecclesiastics, dignity is office or preferment joined with power or jurisdiction.
6. The rank or title of a nobleman.
7. In oratory, one of the three parts of elocution, consisting in the right use of tropes and figures.
8. In astrology, an advantage which a planet has on account of its being in some particular place of the zodiac, or in a particular station in respect to other planets.
9. A general maxim, or principle. [Not used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DIGNITY

Dig "ni *ty, n.; pl. Dignities. Etym: [OE. dignete, dignite, OF. digneté, dignité, F. dignité, fr. L. dignitas, from dignus worthy. See Dainty, Deign. ]

 

1. The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence.

 

2. Elevation; grandeur. The dignity of this act was worth the audience of kings. Shak.

 

3. Elevated rank; honorable station; high office, political or ecclesiastical; degree of excellence; preferment; exaltation. Macaulay. And the king said, What honor and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this Esth. vi. 3. Reuben, thou art my firstborn, ... the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power. Gen. xlix. 3.

 

4. Quality suited to inspire respect or reverence; loftiness and grace; impressiveness; stateliness; -- said of A letter written with singular energy and dignity of thought Macaulay.

 

5. One holding high rank; a dignitary. These filthy dreamers... speak evil of dignities. Jude. 8.

 

6. Fundamental principle; axiom; maxim. [Obs. ] Sciences concluding from dignities, and principles known by themselves. Sir T. Browne.

 

Syn. -- See Decorum. To stand upon one's dignity, to have or to affect a high notion of one's own rank, privilege, or character. They did not stand upon their dignity, nor give their minds to being or to seeming as elegant and as fine as anybody else. R. G. White.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dignity

dig ni ty |ˈdignitē ˈdɪɡnədi | ▶noun ( pl. dignities ) the state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect: a man of dignity and unbending principle | the dignity of labor. • a composed or serious manner or style: he bowed with great dignity. • a sense of pride in oneself; self-respect: it was beneath his dignity to shout. • a high or honorable rank or position: he promised dignities to the nobles in return for his rival's murder. PHRASES stand on one's dignity insist on being treated with due respect. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French dignete, from Latin dignitas, from dignus ‘worthy. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

dignity

dig |nity |ˈdɪgnɪti | ▶noun ( pl. dignities ) [ mass noun ] 1 the state or quality of being worthy of honour or respect: the dignity of labour. • [ count noun ] a high rank or position: he promised dignities to the nobles in return for his rival's murder. 2 a composed or serious manner or style: he bowed with great dignity. • a sense of pride in oneself; self-respect: it was beneath his dignity to shout. PHRASES stand on one's dignity insist on being treated with due respect. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French dignete, from Latin dignitas, from dignus ‘worthy ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dignity

dignity noun 1 the dignity of the proceedings: stateliness, nobility, majesty, regality, courtliness, augustness, loftiness, lordliness, grandeur; solemnity, gravity, gravitas, formality, decorum, propriety, sedateness. 2 he had lost his dignity: self-respect, pride, self-esteem, self-worth.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dignity

dignity noun 1 he is careful to uphold the dignity of the Crown: stateliness, nobleness, nobility, majesty, regalness, regality, royalness, courtliness, augustness, loftiness, exaltedness, lordliness, impressiveness, grandeur, magnificence; ceremoniousness, formality, decorum, propriety, correctness, righteousness, respectability, worthiness, honourability, integrity; solemnity, gravity, gravitas, reserve, sobriety, sedateness, composure. ANTONYMS informality. 2 the prisoners were treated with little regard for human dignity: self-esteem, self-worth, self-respect, pride, morale; decency, modesty, delicacy; feelings, sensibilities; French amour propre. 3 Cnut promised dignities and favour to the noblemen: high rank, high standing, high station, status, elevation, eminence, honour, glory, greatness, importance, prominence, prestige. ANTONYMS dishonour; low rank.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dignity

dig ni ty /dɪ́ɡnəti /〖原義は 「価値 」〗(形 )dignified 名詞 複 -ties /-z /1 U 尊厳 , 尊さ, 価値 ▸ human dignity 人間の尊厳 ▸ death with dignity 尊厳死 .2 U 〖時にa ～〗威厳 , 堂々としていること, 厳粛 [荘重 ]さ ▸ We need to treat children with dignity .子供に威厳を持って接することが必要だ 3 U 〖時にa ～〗品位 , 気品, 気高さ ; 自尊心 , 沽券 （こけん ）; 敬意 ▸ There is a dignity about him .彼には気品がある ▸ retain [lose ] one's dignity 品位を保つ [失う ]4 U 高位, 高い官職 ;C 位階, 爵位 ; 高位 [高官 ]の人 .beneath A's d í gnity ｟しばしば皮肉で ｠A 〈人 〉の威厳 [沽券 ]にかかわる (ほどの ).st à nd on one's d í gnity ｟かたく ｠威厳を示そうとする, もったいぶる .