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

Adjective

1. cultured or polite

2. freed from impurities

3. highly developed and effective: refined intelligence tests

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 << OPPOSITE unrefined

adjective 2. cultured, civil, polished, sophisticated, gentlemanly, elegant, polite, cultivated, gracious, civilized, genteel, urbane, courtly, well-bred, ladylike, well-mannered << OPPOSITE coarse

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

Translations

refined [rɪˈfaɪnd] adj [person, taste] → refinado, culto

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refined [rɪˈfaɪnd] refine adj [person, taste] → raffiné(e)

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refined [rɪˈfaɪnd] refine adj (person) → kultiviert;

(taste) → fein, vornehm;

(sugar, oil) → raffiniert

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refined [rɪˈfaɪnd] adj → raffinato/a