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REFINED Antonyms

There are 11 antonyms of the word refined. (opposite meanings)
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coarse
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

adjective satellite

• lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

• of low or inferior quality or value

crude
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not refined or processed

noun

• a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

adjective satellite

• not carefully or expertly made

• conspicuously and tastelessly indecent

• belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

• devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

• not processed or subjected to analysis

loutish
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance

primitive
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

• a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived

• a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms

adjective satellite

• belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

• little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type

• used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies

• of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style

rough
verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective

• having or caused by an irregular surface

• of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• not shaped by cutting or trimming

noun

• the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

adverb

• with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

• with rough motion as over a rough surface

adjective satellite

• (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

• not quite exact or correct

• full of hardship or trials

• violently agitated and turbulent

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• ready and able to resort to force or violence

• not carefully or expertly made

• not perfected

• unpleasantly stern

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

verb

• prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

rugged
adjectiveadj
adjective

• sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring

• having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface

adjective satellite

• topographically very uneven

• very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

rustic
adjectiveadj
noun

• an unsophisticated country person

adjective satellite

• characteristic of rural life

• awkwardly simple and provincial

• characteristic of the fields or country

uncultivated
adjectiveadj
adjective

• (of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops

adjective satellite

• (of persons) lacking art or knowledge

• characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes

unpolished
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing

adjective satellite

• lacking social polish

unrefined
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not refined or processed

• (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth

unsophisticated
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not wise in the ways of the world

• lacking complexity

• awkwardly simple and provincial

Alternatives for COARSE

Alternatives for CRUDE

Alternatives for LOUTISH

Alternatives for PRIMITIVE

Alternatives for ROUGH

Alternatives for RUGGED

Alternatives for RUSTIC

Alternatives for UNCULTIVATED

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