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- [ri-fahynd]
- /rɪˈfaɪnd/
- /rɪˈfaɪnd/
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- [ri-fahynd]
- /rɪˈfaɪnd/
Definitions of refined word
- adjective refined having or showing well-bred feeling, taste, etc.: refined people. 1
- adjective refined freed or free from coarseness, vulgarity, etc.: refined taste. 1
- adjective refined freed from impurities: refined sugar. 1
- adjective refined very subtle, precise, or exact: refined distinctions. 1
- verb with object refined to bring to a fine or a pure state; free from impurities: to refine metal, sugar, or petroleum. 1
- verb with object refined to purify from what is coarse, vulgar, or debasing; make elegant or cultured. 1
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Origin of refined
First appearance:
before 1565 One of the 32% oldest English words
First recorded in 1565-75; refine + -ed2
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Refined
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
refined popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
refined usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for refined
adj refined
- adulatory — If someone makes an adulatory comment about someone, they praise them and show their admiration of them.
- alembicated — (of a literary style) excessively refined; precious
- aristocratic — Aristocratic means belonging to or typical of the aristocracy.
- artistic — Someone who is artistic is good at drawing or painting, or arranging things in a beautiful way.
- asomatous — having no material body; incorporeal.
adjective refined
- aerated — angry or agitated
- choicy — Fastidious; choosy; discriminating.
- civilised — to bring out of a savage, uneducated, or rude state; make civil; elevate in social and private life; enlighten; refine: Rome civilized the barbarians.
- clarified — Clarified butter has been made clear by being heated.
- classy — If you describe someone or something as classy, you mean they are stylish and sophisticated.
verb refined
- depurated — Simple past tense and past participle of depurate.
- desalinated — Simple past tense and past participle of desalinate.
- edulcorated — Simple past tense and past participle of edulcorate.
- filtrated — liquid that has been passed through a filter.
- hackled — Simple past tense and past participle of hackle.
noun refined
- fastidiousness — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
Antonyms for refined
adj refined
- agrestal — (of uncultivated plants such as weeds) growing on cultivated land
- agrestic — rural; rustic
- amoral — If you describe someone as amoral, you do not like the way they behave because they do not seem to care whether what they do is right or wrong.
- anti-social — Someone who is anti-social is unwilling to meet and be friendly with other people.
- asocial — avoiding contact; not gregarious
adjective refined
- asperous — Rough, rugged, uneven.
- daydreamy — Inclined to daydream; scatterbrained or idealistic.
- dirtied — Simple past tense and past participle of dirty.
- disgracious — Lacking grace; not pleasing; disagreeable.
- hardboiled — Alternative spelling of hard-boiled.
verb refined
- denatured — Having been deprived of its nature, having had its nature changed.
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