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8 definitions found for countrified

WordNet (r) 3.0
countrified adj 1: characteristic of rural life; "countrified clothes"; "rustic awkwardness" [syn: countrified, countryfied, rustic]

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003)
countrified also countryfied adjective Etymology: country + -fied (as in glorified) Date: 1653 1. rural, rustic 2. unsophisticated 3. played or sung in the manner of country music <countrified rock>

Oxford English Reference Dictionary
countrified
adj. (also countryfied) often derog. rural or rustic, esp. of manners, appearance, etc.
Etymology: past part. of countrify f. COUNTRY

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
countrified 1. You use countrified to describe something that seems or looks like something in the country, rather than in a town. The house was so handsome, with a lovely countrified garden. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. Countrified is used to describe pop music that sounds similar to country music. (JOURNALISM) The sound veers between jazz and countrified blues. ADJ: usu ADJ n

English Explanatory Dictionary
countrified ˈkʌntrɪfaɪd adj. (also countryfied) often derog. rural or rustic, esp. of manners, appearance, etc. [past part. of countrify f. COUNTRY]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Countrified Coun"tri*fied (k?n"tr?-f?ld), p. a. Having the appearance and manners of a rustic; rude. As being one who took no pride, And was a deal too countrified. --Lloyd.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms
countrified v. a. Rustic, rude, country.

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "countrified": agrestic, boorish, bucolic, campestral, churlish, cloddish, clodhopping, clownish, country, country-born, country-bred, farmerish, from the sticks, hayseed, hick, hicky, hobnailed, inurbane, loutish, lumpen, lumpish, outland, pastoral, provincial, rube, rustic, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, up-country, yokel, yokelish




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