personified

American  

[per-son-uh-fahyd] / pərˈsɒn əˌfaɪd /

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!

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verb

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

Other Word Forms

• unpersonified adjective

Etymology

Origin of personified

personify ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

The AI, meanwhile, is personified to the cast and crew, who know nothing about it, as someone named “Al,” who “works remotely.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

In 1969, Bardot came to embody the nation itself after President Charles de Gaulle chose her as a new model for Marianne: a mythical figure that has personified the French Republic since the revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

But bassist Garry Tallent never smiled that much, and Springsteen’s onstage foil, the Big Man, Clarence Clemons, was never awkward or gangly the way he is portrayed here; the man was elegance personified.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2025

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.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

For us Ultima personified goodness, and any risk in defense of goodness was right.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

Related Words

• characterized
• defined
• described
• expressed
• pictured