refined

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adjective

1. (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel (Freq. 2)
- she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship
- refined people with refined taste
• Ant:
unrefined
• Similar to:
civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel,
polite, couth, dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, prim,
twee, debonair, debonaire, debonnaire, suave, finespun,
delicate, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, ladylike, patrician, overrefined,
superfine, well-bred, well-mannered
• See Also:
civilized, civilised, elegant, fastidious, gracious, polished
2. freed from impurities by processing (Freq. 1)
- refined sugar
- refined oil
- "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare
• Syn:
processed
• Ant:
unrefined
3. showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
- his polished manner
- maintained an urbane tone in his letters
• Syn:
polished, svelte, urbane
• Similar to:
sophisticated
• Derivationally related forms:
urbanity (for: urbane)
4. free from what is tawdry or unbecoming
- a neat style
- a neat set of rules
- she hated to have her neat plans upset
• Syn:
neat, tasteful
• Similar to:
elegant
• Derivationally related forms:
tastefulness (for: tasteful), neatness (for: neat)
5. suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
• Syn:
elegant, graceful
• Similar to:
gracious
• Derivationally related forms:
elegance (for: elegant)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  neat, tasteful, elegant, graceful, polished, svelte, urbane, processed
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  unrefined, unprocessed, crude