distingué

adjective

ˌdēs-ˌtaŋ-ˈgā How to pronounce distingué (audio)
Definition of distinguénext
as in solemn
having or showing a formal and serious or reserved manner had the distingué air of a senior diplomat

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for distingué
  1. solemn
  2. distinguished
  3. imposing
Adjective
  • The announcement was made earlier this month at a solemn ceremony at Department headquarters in Brooklyn to honor the lives lost.
    Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Their presence is solemn and, at the same time, festive, an echo of past times that rings with each step.
    Arath Zumaya Muñoz, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of solemn
Adjective
  • The American Academy of Sciences & Letters has announced the 10 recipients of this year’s Barry Prize, given to scholars at U.S. colleges and universities for distinguished intellectual achievements in the arts, sciences and learned professions.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
  • In the transcripts, Man Boy Slim—a rickety thin 20-year-old local, with, at a cursory glance, a distinguished career at that time of stealing hubcaps and hunting deer out of season—made many claims about the biologists.
    Jeff VanderMeer, WIRED, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of distinguished
Adjective
  • The most imposing constructions, hidden by nature, towered above the tree canopy.
    Anna Lagos, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The Foundling certainly sounds like a more imposing leader in the long term than the country’s autocrat-of-the-day, right?
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2024
Definition of imposing
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“Distingué.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distingu%C3%A9. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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