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re·fined
(rĭ-fīnd′)adj.
1. Free from coarseness or vulgarity; polite.
2. Free of impurities; purified.
3. Precise to a fine degree.
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refined
(rɪˈfaɪnd)adj
1. not coarse or vulgar; genteel, elegant, or polite
2. subtle; discriminating
3. freed from impurities; purified
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re•fined
(rɪˈfaɪnd)adj.
1. having or showing well-bred feeling, taste, etc.
2. freed from impurities.
3. very subtle or exact.
[1565–75]
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Adj. | 1. | refined - (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste" civilised, civilized - having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world" elegant - refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid" fastidious - giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness" gracious - characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit; "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor" polished - perfected or made shiny and smooth; "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver" unrefined - (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth; "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?" |
2. | refined - freed from impurities by processing; "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare | |
3. | refined - 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" sophisticated - having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire; "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book" | |
4. | refined - suggesting taste, ease, and wealth gracious - characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit; "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor" | |
5. | refined - free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset" elegant - refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid" |
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refined
adjective
1. purified, processed, pure, filtered, clean, clarified, distilled refined sugar
purified coarse, impure, unrefined
purified coarse, impure, unrefined
2. cultured, civil, polished, sophisticated, gentlemanly, elegant, polite, cultivated, gracious, civilized, genteel, urbane, courtly, well-bred, ladylike, well-mannered His speech and manner are refined.
cultured common, coarse, boorish, unrefined, inelegant, ungentlemanly, uncultured, unladylike, ill-bred, unmannerly
cultured common, coarse, boorish, unrefined, inelegant, ungentlemanly, uncultured, unladylike, ill-bred, unmannerly
3. discerning, fine, nice, sensitive, exact, subtle, delicate, precise, discriminating, sublime, fastidious, punctilious refined tastes
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refined
adjective1. Characterized by discriminating taste and broad knowledge as a result of development or education:
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Translations
مُكَرَّر، مُصَفّىمُهَذَّب
kultivovanýrafinovaný
elegant
hienostunut
finomított
fágaîur, heflaîurhreinsaîur
rafinovaný
arıtılmışkibarrafine edilmiş
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refined
adj
(= processed) metal, oil → raffiniert, rein; foods → veredelt; refined sugar → Raffinade f; refined flour → Auszugsmehl nt; refined products (St Ex, Econ) → raffinierte/veredelte Produkte pl; refined petroleum products (St Ex, Econ) → raffinierte Erdölprodukte pl
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refined
[rɪˈfaɪnd] adj → raffinato/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
refine
(rəˈfain) verb1. to make (a substance eg sugar) pure by taking out dirt, waste substances etc. Oil is refined before it is used.
2. to improve. We have refined our techniques considerably since the work began.
reˈfined adjective (negative unrefined).
1. very polite; well-mannered; elegant.
2. having been refined. refined sugar.
reˈfinement noun1. good manners, good taste, polite speech etc.
2. (an) improvement. to make refinements.
reˈfinery – plural reˈfineries – noun a place where sugar or oil etc is refined. an oil refinery.
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