Synonyms for refined
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ri-fahynd |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈfaɪnd |
Top 10 synonyms for refined Other synonyms for the word refined
- aerated
- aesthetic
- boiled down
- civil
- clarified
- clean
- cleansed
- courteous
- courtly
- discerning
- distilled
- drained
- enlightened
- exact
- expurgated
- fastidious
- filtered
- fine
- finespun
- gracious
- high-brow
- high-minded
- nice
- plush
- polite
- posh
- punctilious
- purified
- rarefied
- restrained
- ritzy
- sensitive
- snazzy
- sophisticated
- spiffy
- strained
- suave
- sublime
- subtle
- swanky
- tasteful
- urbane
- washed
- well-bred
- well-mannered
Définition of refined
Origin :- 1570s, "subtle;" 1580s, "elegant;" 1590s, "purified," past participle adjective from refine (v.).
- adj cultured, civilized
- adj cleaned of impurities
- Sympathetic persons are apt to assume that every refined emotion must be ennobling.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Major Harper, the oldest, most refined and most soldierly of them all, was also the handsomest.
- Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
- But it is in graceful, refined France that cookery is and has been, a pet art.
- Extract from : « Culture and Cooking » by Catherine Owen
- His accent was none of the Elberthal one; it was fine, refined, polished.
- Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
- Not in vain you live, for every passing eye is cheered and refined by the vision.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- She was poor, but cultivated and refined; trained—you know—for knowing, not doing.
- Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
- If we desire the beautiful, we become beautified and refined.
- Extract from : « The Romance of the Soul » by Lilian Staveley
- He spoke in a refined manner, and was evidently an educated man.
- Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
- They were of the most refined form, and when enriched were carved with consummate skill.
- Extract from : « Architecture » by Thomas Roger Smith
- Plowden himself was delicately-tinted and refined of texture.
- Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
Antonyms for refined
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