REFINED as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • free from what is tawdry or unbecoming
   Synonym(s)
   • neat (what does neat mean?)
   • tasteful (what does tasteful mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a neat style
   • a neat set of rules
   • she hated to have her neat plans upset
   Similar To
   • elegant (what does elegant mean?)
2. Meaning
   • suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
   Synonym(s)
   • elegant (what does elegant mean?)
   • graceful (what does graceful mean?)
   Similar To
   • gracious (what does gracious mean?)
3. Meaning
   • made pure
   Synonym(s)
   • purified (what does purified mean?)
   • sublimate (what does sublimate mean?)
   Similar To
   • pure (what does pure mean?)
4. Meaning
   • used of persons and their behavior
   • cultivated and genteel
   Usage Example(s)
   • she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship
   • refined people with refined taste
   Antonym(s)
   • unrefined (what does unrefined mean?)
   Similar To
   • civilized (what does civilized mean?)
   • civilised (what does civilised mean?)
   • cultivated (what does cultivated mean?)
   • cultured (what does cultured mean?)
   • genteel (what does genteel mean?)
   • polite (what does polite mean?)
   • couth (what does couth mean?)
   • dainty (what does dainty mean?)
   • mincing (what does mincing mean?)
   • niminy-piminy (what does niminy-piminy mean?)
   • prim (what does prim mean?)
   • twee (what does twee mean?)
   • debonair (what does debonair mean?)
   • debonaire (what does debonaire mean?)
   • debonnaire (what does debonnaire mean?)
   • suave (what does suave mean?)
   • finespun (what does finespun mean?)
   • delicate (what does delicate mean?)
   • gentlemanlike (what does gentlemanlike mean?)
   • gentlemanly (what does gentlemanly mean?)
   • ladylike (what does ladylike mean?)
   • overrefined (what does overrefined mean?)
   • superfine (what does superfine mean?)
   • well-bred (what does well-bred mean?)
   • well-mannered (what does well-mannered mean?)
   See Also
   • civilized (what does civilized mean?)
   • civilised (what does civilised mean?)
   • elegant (what does elegant mean?)
   • fastidious (what does fastidious mean?)
   • gracious (what does gracious mean?)
   • polished (what does polished mean?)
5. Meaning
   • freed from impurities by processing
   Synonym(s)
   • processed (what does processed mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • refined sugar
   • refined oil
   • to gild refined gold- Shakespeare
   Antonym(s)
   • unrefined (what does unrefined mean?)
   • unprocessed (what does unprocessed mean?)
   • crude (what does crude mean?)
6. Meaning
   • showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
   Synonym(s)
   • polished (what does polished mean?)
   • svelte (what does svelte mean?)
   • urbane (what does urbane mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • his polished manner
   • maintained an urbane tone in his letters
   Similar To
   • sophisticated (what does sophisticated mean?)