rarefied

English

Alternative forms

rarified

Adjective

rarefied (comparative more rarefied, superlative most rarefied)

Distant from the lives and everyday concerns of ordinary people; esoteric, exclusive, select.
Philosophical debates can be quite rarefied.
Elevated in style or nature, sublime; of high intellectual or moral value.
(of a gas etc.) Less dense than usual; thin.
The air at high altitudes at the top of mountains is rarefied.

Translations

distant from the lives and concerns of ordinary people

German: abgehoben (de), abstrakt (de), realitätsfern, entrückt (de)

elevated in style or nature

German: erhaben (de), sublim (de), anspruchsvoll (de), exklusiv (de), verfeinert (de)

less dense than usual

Czech: ředěný, zředěný
French: raréfié (fr)
German: verdünnt (de), dünn (de)
Manx: thannit

Polish: rozrzedzony
Portuguese: rarefeito (pt) m
Russian: разрежённый (ru) (razrežónnyj)
Volapük: feinüköl

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Spanish: ^{(please verify)} rarificado (es), ^{(please verify)} enrarecido (es)

Verb

rarefied

simple past tense and past participle of rarefy

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