refined

re·fined

R0114900 (rĭ-fīnd′)adj.1. Free from coarseness or vulgarity; polite.2. Free of impurities; purified.3. Precise to a fine degree.

refined

(rɪˈfaɪnd) adj1. not coarse or vulgar; genteel, elegant, or polite2. subtle; discriminating3. freed from impurities; purified

re•fined

(rɪˈfaɪnd)

adj. 1. having or showing well-bred feeling, taste, etc. 2. freed from impurities. 3. very subtle or exact. [1565–75]

Thesaurus

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"- Shakespeareprocessedunprocessed, unrefined, crude - not refined or processed; "unrefined ore"; "crude oil"
	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"svelte, urbane, polishedsophisticated - 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 wealthelegant, gracefulgracious - 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"tasteful, neatelegant - 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"

refined

adjective1. purified, processed, pure, filtered, clean, clarified, distilled refined sugar
purified coarse, impure, unrefined2. 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, unmannerly3. discerning, fine, nice, sensitive, exact, subtle, delicate, precise, discriminating, sublime, fastidious, punctilious refined tastes

refined

adjective1. Characterized by discriminating taste and broad knowledge as a result of development or education:civilized, cultivated, cultured, educated, polished, urbane, well-bred.2. So slight as to be difficult to notice or appreciate:delicate, fine, finespun, nice, subtle.

Translations

文雅的精炼的

refine

(rəˈfain) verb1. to make (a substance eg sugar) pure by taking out dirt, waste substances etc. Oil is refined before it is used. 提煉 提炼2. to improve. We have refined our techniques considerably since the work began. 改進 改进，提高 reˈfined adjective (negative unrefined). 1. very polite; well-mannered; elegant. 文雅的 文雅的2. having been refined. refined sugar. 精煉的 精炼的reˈfinement noun1. good manners, good taste, polite speech etc. 文雅 文雅2. (an) improvement. to make refinements. 改進 改进reˈfinery – plural reˈfineries – noun a place where sugar or oil etc is refined. an oil refinery. 提煉廠 提炼厂