personified

[per-son-uh-fahyd]

adjective

1. (of an inanimate object or abstraction) spoken or written of as having the nature or character of a person.

   Ancient Greek philosophers referred to personified Wisdom as the logos.

2. (of a thing or abstraction) represented visually in the form of a person.

   In this video game, Mario teams up with a personified cloud and a doll from another universe.

3. embodied or incarnated in a real person or concrete thing.

   I honestly admire that musician—to me, he is personified coolness!

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of personify.

Other Word Forms

• unpersonified adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of personified¹

personify ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

In other words, he personified the scale of the issue and the depth and breadth of the anger provoked by it – and yet he was let out of prison by accident.

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It is unlikely that anyone without the authority and drive uniquely personified in this president could have achieved something like that.

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The last word went to Mohammed Siraj, who personified the unbreakable spirit and never-say-die attitude of a young India team.

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As a personified disaster with a human name and a week-long arc, it remains famous, or infamous, and indelible.

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Willie is normally coolness personified, the even-tempered master of jump racing.

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Related Words

• characterized 
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