'Refined' definitions:
Definition of 'refined'
From: WordNet
adjective
(used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste" [ant: unrefined]
adjective
Freed from impurities by processing; "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare [syn: refined, processed] [ant: crude, unprocessed, unrefined]
adjective
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" [syn: polished, refined, svelte, urbane]
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Definition of 'Refined'
From: GCIDE
- Refine \Re*fine"\ (r?*f?n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Refined (-find"); p. pr. & vb. n. Refining.] [Pref. re- + fine to make fine: cf. F. raffiner.]
- 1. To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to defecate; as, to refine gold or silver; to refine iron; to refine wine or sugar. [1913 Webster]
- I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined. --Zech. xiii. 9. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or exellent; to polish; as, to refine the manners, the language, the style, the taste, the intellect, or the moral feelings. [1913 Webster]
- Love refines The thoughts, and heart enlarges. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To purify; clarify; polish; ennoble. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Refined'
From: GCIDE
- Refined \Re*fined"\ (-f?nd"), a. Freed from impurities or alloy; purifed; polished; cultured; delicate; as; refined gold; refined language; refined sentiments. [1913 Webster]
- Refined wits who honored poesy with their pens. --Peacham. [1913 Webster] -- {Re*fin"ed*ly} (r?*f?n"?d*l?), adv. -- {Re*fin"ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'refined'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accurate,
- advanced,
- allergic,
- ameliorated,
- anaphylactic,
- appreciative,
- archetypical,
- aristocratic,
- assembled,
- attentive,
- attenuate,
- attenuated,
- Attic,
- beautified,
- bettered,
- bowdlerized,
- built,
- cast,
- chaste,
- Ciceronian,
- civilized,
- clarified,
- classic,
- clean,
- cleaned,
- cleaned up,
- cleansed,
- clear,
- close,
- conscientious,
- constant,
- constructed,
- consummate,
- converted,
- correct,
- courteous,
- courtly,
- crafted,
- created,
- critical,
- cultivated,
- cultured,
- custom,
- custom-built,
- custom-made,
- dainty,
- delicat,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- detailed,
- developed,
- differential,
- dignified,
- direct,
- discerning,
- discriminate,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- distilled,
- distinctive,
- distingue,
- distinguishing,
- downy,
- easy,
- educated,
- elegant,
- elevated,
- embellished,
- empathetic,
- empathic,
- enhanced,
- enriched,
- even,
- exact,
- exacting,
- exemplary,
- exigent,
- expert,
- express,
- expurgated,
- exquisite,
- extracted,
- fabricated,
- faithful,
- fashioned,
- fastidious,
- filmy,
- fine,
- fine-drawn,
- fine-grained,
- finespun,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- finished,
- fluffy,
- forged,
- formed,
- fully developed,
- fussy,
- fuzzy,
- gathered,
- gauzy,
- genteel,
- gentle,
- gentlemanlike,
- gentlemanly,
- goosy,
- gossamer,
- gossamery,
- graceful,
- gracile,
- gracious,
- grown,
- hairline,
- hairsplitting,
- handcrafted,
- handmade,
- harvested,
- highbred,
- homemade,
- homespun,
- hyperesthetic,
- hyperpathic,
- hypersensitive,
- improved,
- inerrable,
- inerrant,
- infallible,
- irritable,
- itchy,
- knowledgeable,
- ladylike,
- limpid,
- lucid,
- machine-made,
- machined,
- made,
- made to order,
- man-made,
- mannerly,
- manufactured,
- masterful,
- masterly,
- mathematical,
- mature,
- matured,
- meticulous,
- micrometrically precise,
- microscopic,
- milled,
- mined,
- minute,
- model,
- molded,
- narrow,
- natural,
- neat,
- nervous,
- nice,
- noble,
- overrefined,
- oversensible,
- oversensitive,
- overtender,
- particular,
- passible,
- pellucid,
- perfected,
- perspicuous,
- pinpoint,
- plain,
- polished,
- polite,
- posh,
- precise,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- prefab,
- prefabricated,
- prickly,
- processed,
- proficient,
- pubescent,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- pure,
- purged,
- purified,
- put together,
- quintessential,
- raised,
- ready-for-wear,
- ready-formed,
- ready-made,
- ready-prepared,
- ready-to-wear,
- reformed,
- religious,
- religiously exact,
- responsive,
- restrained,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- ripe,
- ripened,
- round,
- satin,
- satiny,
- scientific,
- scientifically exact,
- scrupulous,
- scrutinizing,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- severe,
- shaped,
- silky,
- simple,
- skittish,
- smelted,
- smooth,
- sophisticated,
- spruce,
- square,
- straightforward,
- strict,
- subtle,
- supersensitive,
- sympathetic,
- tactful,
- tasteful,
- tender,
- terse,
- tetchy,
- thin-skinned,
- thin-spun,
- ticklish,
- tidy,
- touchy,
- transfigured,
- transformed,
- trim,
- unaffected,
- undeviating,
- unerring,
- unlabored,
- urbane,
- velutinous,
- velvety,
- well-bred,
- well-brought-up,
- well-built,
- well-constructed,
- well-made,
- well-mannered,
- wiredrawn