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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | refined | (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel |
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| 2 | refined, processed | Freed from impurities by processing | |
| 3 | refined, polished, svelte, urbane | Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience | |
| 4 | refined, purified, sublimate | Made pure | |
| 5 | refined, elegant, graceful | Suggesting taste, ease, and wealth | |
| 6 | refined, neat, tasteful | Free from what is tawdry or unbecoming |
| Sounds | rahfay'nd; rihfay'nd |
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| Rhymes | aligned, assigned, behind, and 38 more rhymes in aynd... |
| Meaning | (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel. |
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| Examples | "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste" |
| Contrary | unrefined |
| Similar | civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite; couth; dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, prim, twee; debonair, debonaire, debonnaire, suave; finespun, delicate; gentlemanlike, gentlemanly; ladylike; overrefined, superfine; well-bred, well-mannered |
| See also | civilized, civilised; elegant; fastidious; gracious; polished |
| Meaning | Freed from impurities by processing. |
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| Examples | "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare |
| Synonyms | processed |
| Contrary | unrefined, unprocessed, crude |
| Meaning | Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience. |
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| Synonyms | polished, svelte, urbane |
| Similar to | sophisticated |
| Meaning | Made pure. |
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| Synonyms | purified, sublimate |
| Similar to | pure |
| Meaning | Suggesting taste, ease, and wealth. |
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| Synonyms | elegant, graceful |
| Similar to | gracious |
| Meaning | Free from what is tawdry or unbecoming. |
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| Synonyms | neat, tasteful |
| Similar to | elegant |
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