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[ ri-fahynd ] / rɪˈfaɪnd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR refined ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehaving or showing well-bred feeling, taste, etc.: refined people. freed or free from coarseness, vulgarity, etc.: refined taste. freed from impurities: refined sugar. very subtle, precise, or exact: refined distinctions. Origin of refinedFirst recorded in 1565–75; refine + -ed2 SYNONYMS FOR refined1 cultivated, polished, polite, courteous, civilized, courtly, genteel, elegant. 3 clarified, distilled, purified. SEE SYNONYMS FOR refined ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR refinedSEE ANTONYMS FOR refined ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM refinedre·fin·ed·ly [ri-fahy-nid-lee, -fahynd-], /rɪˈfaɪ nɪd li, -ˈfaɪnd-/, adverbre·fin·ed·ness, nounhalf-re·fined, adjectivenon·re·fined, adjective qua·si-re·fined, adjectivesem·i·re·fined, adjectivesu·per·re·fined, adjectiveul·tra·re·fined, adjectivewell-re·fined, adjective Words nearby refinedreffo, refill, refinance, refinancing, refine, refined, refinement, refiner, refinery, refinish, refit Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for refinedTo produce deliciously smooth drams of single malt, the region has refined the ancient art of distillation. When It Comes to Great Whisky, The Size of Your Still Matters||December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST In refined form, sugar (also known as sucrose) has been linked to everything from heart disease to diabetes. Are Artificial Sweeteners Wrecking Your Diet?|DailyBurn|September 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST From the refined attire at Lincoln Center to the avant-garde dress downtown, we spotted many of the big 2014 trends. New York Fashion Week's Style on the Streets|Sara Sayed|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Stacks of refined (left) and crude (right) Tin ingots after smelting. Will You Choose a Conflict-Free Microprocessor?|Intel|May 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Refined, elegant, and to the manor born, Betty is everything that Don is not. Every Woman Don Draper’s Hooked Up With on ‘Mad Men’|Amy Zimmerman|April 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST One glance at the woman showed her to be elegant in dress and of a refined appearance. The Crime of the French Caf and Other Stories|Nicholas Carter It was then that Lad disgraced himself and his deities, and proved himself all unworthy to appear in so refined an assembly. Lad: A Dog|Albert Payson Terhune All his sympathies and tastes were those of a man of refined mind, and of a lover of scholarship and sound learning. George Washington, Vol. II|Henry Cabot Lodge Though so refined as to elude the force of material remedies, some may however think that it may be reasoned with. Observations on Madness and Melancholy|John Haslam "Refined conversation is not made of impertinences," Madame suggested. Master of the Vineyard|Myrtle Reed
British Dictionary definitions for refined
adjectivenot coarse or vulgar; genteel, elegant, or polite subtle; discriminating freed from impurities; purified Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to refinedprecise, polished, tasteful, cultivated, discriminating, elegant, genteel, delicate, classy, subtle, sophisticated, urbane, processed, pure, purified, exact, discerning, enlightened, fine, restrained |