refined
Meanings
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing;
- make more complex, intricate, or richer;
- treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition;
- reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities;
- attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying;
- "many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet"
- make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of;
- (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel;
- "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"
- "refined people with refined taste"
- freed from impurities by processing; - Shakespeare
- "refined sugar"
- "refined oil"
- "to gild refined gold"
- showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience;
- suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
- free from what is tawdry or unbecoming;
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 11
refined is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordrefined is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
refined is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
refined is a valid Words With Friends word