Associations to the word «Refined»

Wiktionary

REFINED, adjective. Showing or having good feelings or good taste.
REFINED, adjective. An absence of coarseness.
REFINED, adjective. Not vulgar.
REFINED, adjective. Without impurities.
REFINED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of refine

Dictionary definition

REFINED, adjective. (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste".
REFINED, adjective. Freed from impurities by processing; "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare.
REFINED, adjective. Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience; "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters".
REFINED, adjective. Suggesting taste, ease, and wealth.
REFINED, adjective. Free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley