Meaning

9 senses
  1. Precise, freed from imprecision

    Subtle, scrupulous, carefully thought out.

    The argument, while not persuasive, is quite refined.

  2. Developed, improved.

    The curriculum has been carefully refined to meet the needs of foreign students.

  3. Cultured, freed from vulgarity

    Elevated and polished.

    In the British Isles, Oxbridge is considered refined; Geordie somewhat less so.

  4. Elegant, sometimes (derogatory) affected, prissy, or bloodless.

    Don Draper was a man of refined tastes.

    kultiviert, gepflegt

    утончённыйutončónnyj, изы́сканныйizýskannyj, благоро́дныйblagoródnyj

  5. Purified, reduced in or freed from impurities

    Highly-processed and pure.

    Under current guidelines, refined sugar must be at least five times purer than its raw counterpart.

  6. Free of dross or alloy.

    The Temple at Jerusalem preferred Tyrian shekels, since even with Ba'al's portrait they bore highly refined silver.

  7. Dealing in a refined product such as sugar or petroleum.

  8. Precise, freed from imprecision

    (obsolete)Sagacious, sometimes (derogatory) oversubtle or feigning sagacity.

  9. Purified, reduced in or freed from impurities

    (obsolete)Morally pure.

More definitions
  • precise to a fine degree
  • (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel
  • freed from impurities by processing
  • showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
freed from vulgarity:
purified:
cultured, elegant:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
purified:
cultured, elegant:

Forms

more refined, most refined
Comparativemore refined Lesson
Superlativemost refined Lesson

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • freed from impurities by processing:processed
  • showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience:polishedurbane
  • suggesting taste, ease, and wealth:elegantgraceful

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

9 related words

See also

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