Rarefied has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Verb
1
simple past tense and past participle of rarefy
Adjective
1
having low density
"rare gasses"
"lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"
2
of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
"an exalted ideal"
"argue in terms of high-flown ideals"
"a noble and lofty concept"
"a grand purpose"
3
Distant from the lives and everyday concerns of ordinary people; esoteric, exclusive, select.
Example Sentences
"rare gasses"
adjective
"lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"
adjective
"an exalted ideal"
adjective
"argue in terms of high-flown ideals"
adjective
"a noble and lofty concept"
adjective
"a grand purpose"
adjective