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| Main Entry: |
refine
 [ri-fahyn] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | purify |
| Synonyms: | clarify, cleanse, distill, filter, process, rarefy, strain |
| Antonyms: | corrupt, dirty, pollute |
| Main Entry: | refined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cultured, civilized |
| Synonyms: | aesthetic, civil, classy*, courteous, courtly, cultivated, delicate, discerning, discriminating, elegant, enlightened, exact, fastidious, fine, finespun, genteel, gracious, high-brow, high-minded, nice, plush, polished, polite, posh, precise, punctilious, restrained, ritzy, sensitive, snazzy, sophisticated, spiffy, suave, sublime, subtle, swanky*, tasteful, urbane, well-bred, well-mannered |
| Antonyms: | uncivilized, uncultured, unrefined, unsophisticated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | refined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cleaned of impurities |
| Synonyms: | aerated, boiled down, clarified, clean, cleansed, distilled, drained, expurgated, filtered, processed, pure, purified, rarefied, strained, washed |
| Antonyms: | corrupt, dirtied, polluted |
Example Sentences
- Over the centuries scientists have refined their understanding of exactly what makes up the universe.
- Both processes produce bitumen, which needs extra treatment before it can be refined into petrol.
- The idea was to use molecular biology techniques used and refined in modern biology labs to tackle the problem.
| Main Entry: | aristocratic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | privileged, elegant |
| Synonyms: | aloof, blue-blooded, courtly, dignified, elegant, elite, fine, haughty, noble, patrician, polished, refined, snobbish, stylish, upper-class, well-born, well-bred |
| Antonyms: | low-born, low-life, poor, unprivileged, vulgar, wanting |
| Main Entry: | artistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautiful, satisfying to senses |
| Synonyms: | aesthetic, creative, cultivated, cultured, decorative, dramatic, elegant, exquisite, fine, graceful, grand, harmonious, ideal, imaginative, musical, ornamental, pictorial, picturesque, pleasing, poetic, refined, rhythmical, sensitive, stimulating, stylish, sublime, tasteful |
| Antonyms: | distasteful, horrible, inelegant, ugly |
| Main Entry: | beautiful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physically attractive |
| Synonyms: | admirable, alluring, angelic, appealing, beauteous, bewitching, charming, classy, comely, cute, dazzling, delicate, delightful, divine, elegant, enticing, excellent, exquisite, fair, fascinating, fine, foxy*, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, grand, handsome, ideal, lovely, magnificent, marvelous, nice, pleasing, pretty, pulchritudinous, radiant, ravishing, refined, resplendent, shapely, sightly, splendid, statuesque, stunning, sublime, superb, symmetrical, taking, well-formed, wonderful |
| Antonyms: | disgusting, grotesque, hideous, homely, offensive, plain, repulsive, ugly, unattractive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | better |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve performance; outdo |
| Synonyms: | advance, ameliorate, amend, beat, best, cap, correct, enhance, exceed, excel, forward, further, help, meliorate, mend, outshine, outstrip, promote, raise, rectify, refine, reform, revamp, surpass, top, transcend |
| Notes: | better is greater in excellence or higher in quality; more useful; more highly skilled; healthier than before - while bettor is someone who bets |
| Antonyms: | deteriorate, get worse, worsen |
| Main Entry: | chaste |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pure, incorrupt |
| Synonyms: | austere, celibate, clean, continent, controlled, decent, decorous, elegant, immaculate, impotent, inexperienced, innocent, intemerate, modest, monogamous, moral, neat, platonic, proper, prudish, quiet, refined, restrained, simple, spotless, stainless, subdued, unaffected, unblemished, uncontaminated, undefiled, unstained, unsullied, unwed, vestal, virginal, virtuous, wholesome |
| Antonyms: | corrupt, defiled, dirty, lewd, unchaste, wanton |
| Main Entry: | civil |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obliging, kind |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, affable, civilized, complaisant, cordial, courteous, courtly, cultivated, diplomatic, formal, genteel, gracious, mannerly, polished, polite, politic, refined, suave, urbane, well-bred, wellmannered |
| Antonyms: | ill-mannered, impolite, rude, unkind |
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