| finer | | |
| adj. | 1. finer | (comparative of `fine') greater in quality or excellence.; "a finer wine"; "a finer musician" |
| ~ comparative, comparative degree | the comparative form of an adjective or adverb.; "`faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast'"; "`less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous'"; "`more surely' is the comparative of the adverb `surely'" |
| ~ better | (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another.; "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din"; "a better coat"; "a better type of car"; "a suit with a better fit"; "a better chance of success"; "produced a better mousetrap"; "she's better in math than in history" |
| mince | | |
| n. (food) | 1. mince | food chopped into small bits.; "a mince of mushrooms" |
| ~ aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, nutrition, victuals | a source of materials to nourish the body. |
| v. (communication) | 2. mince, moderate, soften | make less severe or harsh.; "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (motion) | 3. mince | walk daintily.; "She minced down the street" |
| ~ walk | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps.; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" |
| v. (contact) | 4. mince | cut into small pieces.; "mince the garlic" |
| ~ chop, chop up | cut into pieces.; "Chop wood"; "chop meat" |
| refined | | |
| adj. | 1. refined | (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel.; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste" |
| ~ civilised, civilized | having a high state of culture and development both social and technological.; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world" |
| ~ elegant | refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style.; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid" |
| ~ fastidious | giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness.; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness" |
| ~ gracious | characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit.; "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor" |
| ~ polished | perfected or made shiny and smooth.; "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver" |
| ~ cultured, genteel, civilised, civilized, polite, cultivated | marked by refinement in taste and manners.; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society" |
| ~ couth | (used facetiously) refined. |
| ~ dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, prim, twee | affectedly dainty or refined. |
| ~ debonair, debonaire, debonnaire, suave | having a sophisticated charm.; "a debonair gentleman" |
| ~ finespun, delicate | developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety.; "the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense" |
| ~ gentlemanlike, gentlemanly | befitting a man of good breeding.; "gentlemanly behavior" |
| ~ ladylike | befitting a woman of good breeding.; "ladylike manners" |
| ~ patrician | befitting a person of noble origin.; "a patrician nose" |
| ~ overrefined, superfine | excessively delicate or refined. |
| ~ well-bred, well-mannered | of good upbringing. |
| adj. | 2. processed, refined | freed from impurities by processing.; "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold" |
| adj. | 3. polished, refined, svelte, urbane | 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" |
| ~ sophisticated | having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire.; "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book" |
| adj. | 4. elegant, graceful, refined | suggesting taste, ease, and wealth. |
| ~ gracious | characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit.; "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor" |
| adj. | 5. neat, refined, tasteful | free from what is tawdry or unbecoming.; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset" |
| ~ elegant | refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style.; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid" |
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