refined
adjective
1. (used of persons and their behavior) cultured and genteel.
- she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship
- refined people with refined taste
Similar word(s): civilised, civilized, elegant, fastidious, gracious, polished, civilised, civilized, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite, couth, mincing, prim, twee, debonair, debonaire, debonnaire, suave, effete, delicate, finespun, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, ladylike, patrician, overrefined, superfine
2. freed from impurities by processing
- refined sugar
- refined oil
- to gild refined gold
Similar word(s): processed
3. showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
Similar word(s): sophisticated, polished, urbane
4. precise to a fine degree
- due to the limitations of the available tools, a more refined analysis of the data may be necessary
Similar word(s): precise
5. suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
Similar word(s): gracious, elegant, graceful
Sentences with refined as an adjective:
- Ozzie and Harriet are refined people.
- The sugar was refined, not gritty.
verb
1. simple past tense and past participle of refine
- The raw petroleum was refined into kerosene.