PERSONIFIED Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

personified

verb

past tense of personify

as in embodied

to represent in visible form through her many good works she just personifies the spirit of charity

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disembodied

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Recent Examples of personified The rift between the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos, personified by threats of NFL investigations and counter-threats of a lawsuit by coaches Sean Payton and Mike Macdonald, has been put to bed by an apology. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026 The abject terror of reproduction was personified by Lamashtu, demoness of the night, drinker of blood, eater of flesh, slayer of children, untimely opener of wombs, ravager of women. — Eleanor Johnson, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026 Save for Snoopy, the military airman in literature is perhaps most famously personified by John Yossarian in Joseph Heller’s Catch‑22, a book Zinn would someday count among his favorites. — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026 At times, Fauci appeared to embrace his status as expertise personified. — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026 Matt Dirksen / Chicago Cubs / Getty Images PITTSBURGH — Dansby Swanson, the Gold Glove shortstop for the Chicago Cubs, has personified the club’s streakiness at various points of an up-and-down season with so many twists and turns still ahead. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 26 July 2026 His grace and humility in the face of it all personified what this team meant to so many of us. — Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026 The Princess of Wales looks like sunshine personified. — Meg Walters, InStyle, 17 June 2026 The result was a sleek white ruffled top, when worn with matching trousers felt both modern and refreshing while another floral skirt embodied a playful feminine energy that personified warm weather dressing. — Diana Tsui, Footwear News, 15 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for personified

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RoboParty is integrating the RP1 robot body, actuator modules, low-level control, and embodied AI algorithms into a single development system.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
But the fashionable-at-the-time nakedness of the YBAs’ desire for money, most completely embodied by Hirst, quickly became crass.

— Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of embodied

Verb

Caputo said the idea for the citizenship-for-investment program emerged during Milei's July 2024 visit to Sun Valley, Idaho, when tech executives expressed interest in obtaining Argentine citizenship.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Staffers also expressed concerns about fiscal implications if bedbugs would come home with workers and require them to pay for their homes to be treated.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026