countrified

[ kuhn-truh-fahyd ]

adjective

1. rustic or rural in appearance, conduct, etc.:

   a countrified person; a countrified area amid the suburbs.

2. not sophisticated or cosmopolitan; provincial.

countrified

/ ˈkʌntrɪˌfaɪd /

adjective

1. in the style, manners, etc, of the country; rural

Other Words From

• countri·fiedness noun
• un·countri·fied adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of countrified¹

First recorded in 1645–55; countrify + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The Spanish is paisa — countrified — while the English has the tough tone of someone who grew up off Vermont Avenue.

From Los Angeles Times

“Combs unleashed his crunchy, countrified head banger ‘Cold as You.’

From Seattle Times

He used to call me George because it sounded very countrified, very English country.

From Seattle Times

Having surveyed the current landscape, which includes Paramount’s countrified streaming hit “Yellowstone,” Fox determined this was the time to make its country play.

From New York Times

After opening with a tender “Doin’ This” — the lead single off his forthcoming “Growin’ Up” LP, arriving later this month — Combs unleashed his crunchy, countrified head banger “Cold as You.”

From Seattle Times