Another word for refined
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Adjective
Characterized by discriminating taste and broad knowledge as a result of development or education
- Raised to be well-mannered and refined.
- Born to parents considered to be of good stock. Used of animals.
- Polite, refined, and often elegant in manner.
- Made shiny and smooth by rubbing or chemical action.
- Naturally shiny and smooth.
- Having the husk or outer layers removed. Used of grains of rice.
- Having an education, especially one above the average.
- Showing evidence of schooling, training, or experience.
- Having or exhibiting cultivation; cultured:
- Educated, polished, and refined; cultivated.
- Produced under artificial and controlled conditions:
- Of, relating to, or produced in cultivation:
- Educated; polished; refined.
- Having a highly developed society and culture.
- Showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement; humane, ethical, and reasonable:
- Marked by refinement in taste and manners; cultured.
See also:So slight as to be difficult to notice or appreciate
- So slight as to be difficult to detect or describe; elusive:
- Difficult to understand; abstruse:
- Able to make fine distinctions:
- Pleasing and agreeable in nature:
- Having a pleasant or attractive appearance:
- Exhibiting courtesy and politeness:
- spun or drawn out to extreme fineness; delicate; fragile
- extremely or overly subtle
- Of superior quality, skill, or appearance:
- Excellent in character or ability:
- Very small in size, weight, or thickness:
- Pleasing to the senses, especially in a subtle way:
- Easily broken or damaged:
- Exquisitely fine or dainty:
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Another word for refined
Modifier
Purified
- That has completed a required process.
- Modified through manufacture such as refinement or food processing.
- simple past tense and past participle of process
- Lacking motivation and energy; very tired; knackered.
- Of a battery, empty of charge; discharged.
- Simple past tense and past participle of drain.
- Thoroughly tested and proved to be good or trustworthy.
- Made to undergo trials or distress. Often used in combination:
- Made clear.
- simple past tense and past participle of clarify
- produced by distillation
- Not dense; thin:
- Belonging to or reserved for a small select group; exclusive:
- Refined or esoteric:
- Free from dirt, stain, or impurities; unsoiled:
- Free from foreign matter or pollution; unadulterated:
- Not infected:
- simple past tense and past participle of wash
- Having been passed through a strainer:
- Done with or marked by excessive effort; forced:
- Extended beyond proper limits:
- simple past tense and past participle of aerate
- simple past tense and past participle of cleanse
Genteel
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