refined

re·fined  (r-fnd)

adj.

1. Free from coarseness or vulgarity; polite.

2. Free of impurities; purified.

3. Precise to a fine degree.

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refined [rɪˈfaɪnd]

adj

1. not coarse or vulgar; genteel, elegant, or polite

2. subtle; discriminating

3. freed from impurities; purified

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	refined - (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste" civilised, civilized - having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world" elegant - refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid" fastidious - giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness" gracious - characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit; "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor" polished - perfected or made shiny and smooth; "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver" unrefined - (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth; "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?"
	2.	refined - freed from impurities by processing; "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare processed unprocessed, unrefined, crude - not refined or processed; "unrefined ore"; "crude oil"
	3.	refined - 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" svelte, urbane, polished sophisticated - having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire; "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book"
	4.	refined - suggesting taste, ease, and wealth elegant, graceful gracious - characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit; "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor"
	5.	refined - free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset" tasteful, neat elegant - refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid"

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refined

adjective

1. purified, processed, pure, filtered, clean, clarified, distilled refined sugar
purified coarse, impure, unrefined

2. cultured, civil, polished, sophisticated, gentlemanly, elegant, polite, cultivated, gracious, civilized, genteel, urbane, courtly, well-bred, ladylike, well-mannered His speech and manner are refined.
cultured common, coarse, boorish, unrefined, inelegant, ungentlemanly, uncultured, unladylike, ill-bred, unmannerly

3. discerning, fine, nice, sensitive, exact, subtle, delicate, precise, discriminating, sublime, fastidious, punctilious refined tastes

Translations

refined [rɪˈfaɪnd] ADJ

1. (= purified) [sugar, flour] → refinado

2. (= sophisticated) [clothes, manners, sense of humour] → fino, refinado

3. (= subtle, polished) [style of writing] → elegante, pulido

refined [rɪˈfaɪnd] adj

[person, taste] → raffiné(e)

[sugar, products, oil] → raffiné(e)

refined

adj

(= processed) metal, oil → raffiniert, rein; foods → veredelt; refined sugar → Raffinade f; refined flour → Auszugsmehl nt; refined products (St Ex, Econ) → raffinierte/veredelte Produkte pl; refined petroleum products (St Ex, Econ) → raffinierte Erdölprodukte pl

(= sophisticated) taste → fein; person, style → fein, vornehm; model → ausgeklügelt, raffiniert

refined [rɪˈfaɪnd] adj → raffinato/a