citified
Adjective: 1. Having the characteristics of a city dweller: Describes a person, their appearance, manners, or customs as being typical of or adapted to city life, often in contrast to rural or simpler ways. 2. Made urban or sophisticated: Can describe something or someone that has been influenced by or has adopted the style, attitudes, or sophistication associated with city living.
The adjective "citified" is used to describe someone or something that exhibits the traits—such as dress, behavior, or tastes—associated with life in a city. It often carries a slightly informal tone and can imply a contrast with a more rustic or natural state. It typically modifies nouns like "person," "manners," "look," or "ways."
- After a few years in New York, his formerly rustic style became quite citified.
- She teased her brother about his citified clothes and unfamiliarity with farm work.
- The small town had a new, somewhat citified café that served espresso.
- The term can sometimes carry a mild negative or teasing connotation, suggesting artificiality or a loss of simpler, traditional values.
- Example: "He returned from the capital with citified airs that annoyed his old friends."
- Citify (verb, rare): To make urban or to give city characteristics to.
- Example: "The rapid development began to citify the rural landscape."
- Urbanized (adjective): A more formal and neutral synonym describing an area that has become like a city.
- Urbanized
- Sophisticated (in the context of city manners/style)
- Metropolitan
- Rustic
- Provincial
- Countrified
While "citified" itself is not commonly part of a fixed idiom, it is used in descriptive phrases that highlight a contrast: - To go/get citified: To adopt city manners or style. - Example: "After moving downtown, he really got citified."
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being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person
