'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]
adjective
Suggesting taste, ease, and wealth [syn: elegant, graceful, refined]
adjective
Free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset" [syn: neat, refined, tasteful]

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