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

Watching Alcaraz is, for the most part, like watching sunshine personified.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

Cabello has personified Venezuela’s ruling socialist movement like few others.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

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

Something about the middle pretty made it hard to be flippant He was wisdom personified, his manner so serious and formal that Tally found herself wishing she had dressed up.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

Related Words

• characterized
• defined
• described
• expressed
• pictured