OVERREFINED

Meaning of OVERREFINED in English

adj. Function: adjective

Synonyms: PRECIOUS 4, affected, alembicated, chichi, la-di-da, overnice, précieux

Merriam Webster. Collegiate thesaurus English dictionary. Английский энциклопедический толковый словарь тезауруса. 2012

OVERREFINED — adj. excessively refined; excessively improved; excessively fine, excessively finespun
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OVERREFINED — Synonyms and related words : Gongoresque, Gongoristic, Marinistic, affected, allergic, anaphylactic, apparently sound, artificial, casuistic, chichi, colorable, deceptive, delicate, disingenuous, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OVERREFINED — adjective Synonyms: precious 4, affected, alembicated, chichi, la-di-da, overnice, précieux
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
VULGAR — I. ˈvəlgə(r) adjective ( sometimes -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin vulgaris, volgaris of the mob, of the common …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — I. ˈpreshəs adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old French precios, precieus, from Latin pretiosus, from pretium price, value + -osus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SENSUOUS — ˈsenchəwəs adjective Etymology: Latin sensu s + English -ous 1. : of or relating to the senses or sensible objects …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALEMBICATED — adjective : overrefined as if by excessive distillation : excessively subtle : precious highly sophisticated and alembicated poetry — Richard …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — (a.) Particular; fastidious; overnice; overrefined. Cf. Precieuse, Preciosity.
Английский словарь Webster
OVERREFINE — /oh'veuhr ri fuyn"/ , v.t., overrefined, overrefining . to refine excessively, as with oversubtle distinctions. [ 1705-15; OVER- + REFINE …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EFFETE — — effetely , adv. — effeteness , n. /i feet"/ , adj. 1. lacking in wholesome vigor; degenerate; decadent: an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — adj particular; fastidious; overnice. 2. precious ·adj of great price; costly; as, a precious stone. 3. precious ·add. ·adj particular; …
Webster English vocab
HAMLET
Britannica English vocabulary
GREEK POTTERY — the pottery of the ancient Greeks, important both for the intrinsic beauty of its forms and decoration and for the …
Britannica English vocabulary
MIMINY-PIMINY — adj. overrefined, finical (cf. NIMINY-PIMINY & NAMBY-PAMBY). [imit.]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MIMINYPIMINY — adj. overrefined, finical (cf. NIMINY-PIMINY & NAMBY-PAMBY). [ imit. ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MIMINY-PIMINY — adj. overrefined, finical (cf. NIMINY-PIMINY & NAMBY-PAMBY). Etymology: imit.
Oxford English vocab
UNNATURAL
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TOUCHY — Synonyms and related words : agitable, allergic, anaphylactic, argumentative, bad-tempered, bearish, cantankerous, captious, chancy, choleric, close, contentious, crabbed, crabby, cranky, …
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TICKLISH — Synonyms and related words : Herculean, abstruse, allergic, anaphylactic, arduous, awkward, brutal, capricious, changeable, complex, critical, dangerous, delicate, demanding, desultory, …
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THIN SKINNED — Synonyms and related words : allergic, anaphylactic, delicate, empathetic, empathic, goosy, high-strung, hyperesthetic, hyperpathic, hypersensitive, irritable, itchy, miffy, nervous, overrefined, …
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TETCHY — Synonyms and related words : allergic, anaphylactic, cantankerous, choleric, cranky, cross, delicate, empathetic, empathic, goosy, high-strung, hyperesthetic, hyperpathic, hypersensitive, ill-humored, …
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TENDER — Synonyms and related words : Christian, Christlike, Christly, Ganymede, Hebe, Pullman, Pullman car, accepting, accord, aching, administer, adoring, advance, affectionate, …
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TACTFUL — Synonyms and related words : Daedalian, accommodating, accommodative, accurate, acute, adept, adroit, affable, agreeable, allergic, anaphylactic, appreciative, apt, artistic, attentive, …
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SYMPATHETIC — Synonyms and related words : Christian, Christlike, Christly, accordant, adductive, affectionate, affinitive, agreeable, agreeing, akin, allergic, alluring, amenable, amicable, anaphylactic, …
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SUPERSENSITIVE — Synonyms and related words : allergic, anaphylactic, delicate, empathetic, empathic, goosy, hyperesthetic, hyperpathic, hypersensitive, irritable, itchy, nervous, overrefined, oversensible, oversensitive, …
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STUDIED — Synonyms and related words : Gongoresque, Gongoristic, Marinistic, advised, affected, aforethought, aimed, aimed at, artificial, calculated, conscious, considered, contemplated, contrived, …
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SPECIOUS — Synonyms and related words : Barmecidal, Barmecide, airy, alleged, apparent, apparently sound, apparitional, autistic, avowed, beguiling, casuistic, chimeric, claimed, colorable, …
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SOPHISTICAL — Synonyms and related words : Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, apparently sound, arch, artful, astute, cagey, canny, casuistic, clever, colorable, crafty, cunning, …
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SKITTISH
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SIMPERING — Synonyms and related words : elegant, euphemistic, euphuistic, exquisite, formalistic, goody good-good, goody-goody, mincing, namby-pamby, overnice, overprecise, overrefined, pedantic, precieuse, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SENSITIVE — Synonyms and related words : accurate, acute, adaptable, affected, agitable, algetic, allergic, anaphylactic, angry, appreciative, attuned, aware, bendable, bending, burning, …
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Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab

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