What does personified mean?
Word: Personified
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Personified means showed a thing or an idea as if it were a person, or was a perfect example of a quality.
Synonyms: represented, typified
How do you spell personified?
Syllables: per - son - i - fied
Tricky part: The y at the end of the verb changes to i before ed, so the word ends in fied, never fyed.
Watch out for: personifyed, personnified, persinified
Memory tip: Change the y to i and then add ed, just as cry becomes cried and fry becomes fried.
Personified in a sentence
Example 1: In the poem, the wind is personified as a naughty boy who steals hats.
Example 2: For many Indians, Mahatma Gandhi personified simple living.
Example 3: Our art teacher personified the moon as a sleepy old woman in her painting.
Fun Fact
In Indian art and poetry, rivers such as the Ganga and the Yamuna are often personified as goddesses, each shown riding her own animal.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to complete the word:
pers_n_fied
a) o, i
b) e, i
c) a, i
d) o, e
Show answer
a) o, i. Start from person, which gives the o, and then add ified.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word personified as it is used in the sentence:
To all her students, the gentle old music teacher personified patience.
a) embodied
b) lacked
c) tested
d) ignored
Show answer
a) embodied. To embody a quality is to show it perfectly, which is what personified means here.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
In the fable, the north wind is iedsrenofip as a proud and boastful giant.
a) personified
b) persuaded
c) personality
d) personalised
Show answer
a) personified. Of the four, only personified has eleven letters with an f among them.
Spell-o-Spell
Read the four words. Choose the meaning of the only correctly spelt word:
1. alliterasion 2. personified 3. metafor 4. imaginery
a) a way of describing something by calling it something else
b) the use of the same opening sound in nearby words
c) existing only in the mind
d) shown as if it were a person
Show answer
d) shown as if it were a person. Imaginary ends in ary, metaphor has ph, and alliteration ends in tion.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In which line is the wind given human qualities?
a) The wind dropped after the sunset.
b) The wind was cold and strong today.
c) The wind blew in from the north.
d) The wind whispered secrets to the trees.
Show answer
d) The wind whispered secrets to the trees.
2. If someone is called kindness personified, they are ____.
a) pretending to be kind
b) extremely kind
c) rarely kind at all
d) kind only to pets
Show answer
b) extremely kind
