countrified
Americanadjective
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rustic or rural in appearance, conduct, etc..
a countrified person; a countrified area amid the suburbs.
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not sophisticated or cosmopolitan; provincial.
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On the countrified folk-pop song “Haunted,” she’s on an airplane thinking about her restless life and sings, “I’ll see the sky in the ocean / A couple ibuprofen,” mixing wonder with the mundane.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
An unlikely guest appearance during the set: Paris Hilton, who popped out to play a round of cornhole as the veteran indie-rock band did a countrified take on its “Married in a Gold Rush.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
Having surveyed the current landscape, which includes Paramount’s countrified streaming hit “Yellowstone,” Fox determined this was the time to make its country play.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2022
After opening with a tender “Doin’ This” — the lead single off his forthcoming “Growin’ Up” LP, arriving later this month — Combs unleashed his crunchy, countrified head banger “Cold as You.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2022
I was that green, that countrified, you see.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
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