English > refined: 5 senses > adjective 1| 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"
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| Narrower | civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite | marked by refinement in taste and manners |
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| couth | (used facetiously) refined |
| dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, prim, twee | affectedly dainty or refined |
| debonair, debonaire, debonnaire, suave | Having a sophisticated charm |
| finespun, delicate | Developed with extreme / extreme delicacy and subtlety |
| gentlemanlike, gentlemanly | befitting a man of good breeding |
| ladylike | befitting a woman of good breeding |
| overrefined, superfine | excessively delicate or refined |
| patrician | Befitting a person of noble origin |
| well-bred, well-mannered | Of good upbringing |
| See also | civilized, civilised | Having a high state of culture and development both social and technological |
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| elegant | refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style |
| fastidious | Giving careful attention to detail |
| gracious | Characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity / generosity of spirit |
| polished | perfected or made shiny and smooth |
| Opposite | unrefined | (used of persons and their behavior) not refined |
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