refined

Meaning

Verb

simple past and past participle of refine

Adj

1. (obsolete) Precise, freed from imprecision
2. Precise, freed from imprecision
3. Precise, freed from imprecision
4. Cultured, freed from vulgarity
5. Cultured, freed from vulgarity
6. Purified, reduced in or freed from impurities
7. Purified, reduced in or freed from impurities
8. (obsolete) Purified, reduced in or freed from impurities
9. Dealing in a refined product such as sugar or petroleum.

Noun

The refined form of a commodity, as opposed to its raw or generic form.

refine

1. (transitive) To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities.
2. (intransitive) To become pure; to be cleared of impure matter.
3. (transitive) To purify of coarseness, vulgarity, inelegance, etc.; to polish.
4. (ambitransitive) To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
5. (transitive) To make nice or subtle.

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Synonyms

elegant

polished

fine

graceful

delicate

tasteful

cultured

dainty

purified

polite

exquisite

civilized

svelte

urbane

sophisticated

neat

cultivated

filtered

well-mannered

well-bred

precise

pure

perfected

processed

genteel

elegance

admirable

wrought

beautiful

distilled

clean

advanced

superior

soft

cultural

chaste

courtly

subtile

noble

modest

nice

eminent

handsome

elaborate

high

subtle

educated

distingue

developed

cleaned

Translations

raffiné

refinat

raffinato

Eleganz

élégant

fino

refinado

kies

gevoelig

raffiniert

iel

délicat

delicaat

fijn

fein

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹiːfaɪnd/