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Search phrase: refined

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King JohnKJ IV.ii.11To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,To gilde refined Gold, to paint the Lilly;
Love's Labour's LostLLL I.i.161With a refined traveller of Spain;With a refined trauailer of Spaine,
Richard IIR2 IV.i.130That in a Christian climate souls refinedThat in a Christian Climate, Soules refin'de

Poems

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SonnetsSonn.85.8 In polished form of well-refined pen. In polisht forme of well refined pen.

Glossary

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bluntrough, unrefined, uncivilized
boltedrefined, carefully sifted, polished
civilcivilized, cultured, refined
coarserough, unrefined
daintyfastidious, scrupulous, refined, particular
earthycoarse, unrefined, gross
filedrefined, smooth, polished
finerefined, sophisticated, cultivated
gentlerefined, discriminating, sophisticated
grosscoarse, vulgar, unrefined
grossnessunrefined nature, deplorable standard, coarseness
holidayrefined, select, genteel
humanepolite, courteous, refined
ingeniousintellectual, refined, in liberal arts
jeantype of twilled cotton cloth [= unsophisticated, unrefined]
liberalnoble, tasteful, refined
neatposh, elegant, trim, refined
pickedover-refined, fastidious, particular
purgedpurified, refined, clarified
rawunrefined, unskilled, unpolished
recollectedstudied, artificial, refined
refinedcivilized, cultivated, sophisticated
ripemature, sophisticated, refined
rudeuncivilized, uncultivated, unrefined
selectsuperior, refined, cultivated
speakspeak entertainingly; or: talk in a refined way
strainedrefined, purified, distilled
subtlerefined, rarefied, very fine
subtle-potentpowerfully refined
super-subtleextra-refined, specially delicate
thrice-repuredhighly purified, extremely refined
unciviluncivilized, barbarous, unrefined
well-spokenrefined, courteous, eloquent

Thesaurus

 34 result(s).
extra-refinedsuper-subtle
nature, unrefinedgrossness
over-refinedpicked
powerfully refinedsubtle-potent
refinedbolted
refinedcivil
refineddainty
refinedfiled
refinedfine
refinedgentle
refinedholiday
refinedhumane
refinedingenious
refinedliberal
refinedneat
refinedpurged
refinedrecollected
refinedripe
refinedselect
refinedstrained
refinedsubtle
refinedwell-spoken
refined way, talk in a speak
refined, extremelythrice-repured
refined, powerfullysubtle-potent
talk in a refined wayspeak
unrefinedblunt
unrefinedcoarse
unrefinedearthy
unrefinedgross
unrefinedraw
unrefinedrude
unrefineduncivil
unrefined naturegrossness

Themes and Topics

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Politeness... ‘special pleading’ such as the highly refined formulae used by aristocrats to each ot...

Words Families

 3 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
REFINEDBASICrefined adj
REFINEDINTENSITYwell-refined adj
WELL [very]SKILLwell-refined adj

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