Refinement is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for REFINEMENT in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the act of refining
• the process of removing impurities or unwanted elements from a substance
• the improvement or clarification of something by the making of small changes
• cultured elegance in behaviour or manner
• sophisticated and superior good taste
• The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas.
• That which is refined, elaborated, or polished to excess; an affected subtilty; as, refinements of logic.
• a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
• the result of improving something
• the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
• a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
• the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• the action or process of refining

Words related to REFINEMENT

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Words that contain REFINEMENT

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How to use REFINEMENT in a sentence

• On everything there was the same air of refinement and cleanliness that marked the house outside.
• They positively insist upon the very refinement of purity, as you look at them.
• How well he understood the art of fascinating everybody in his manner! I never beheld such refinement.
• In the scene that had just passed I had indulged, as I have said, in a wantonness and luxury of refinement.
• I found that the moment I refused to accept the habits of the rich as standards of refinement and propriety, the whole illusion of their superiority vanished at once.
• She has great nicety and refinement in her personal ways, I think, and the cigarette is really a feminine weapon if properly understood.
• She thought at first that he did this as the Southern boy of culture and refinement unconsciously drops into the tones and dialect of the negro, by daily association.
• His breakfasts, you must understand, are celebrated throughout Europe for their peculiar refinement and taste.
• They are carefully chosen for their beauty and charms, and are frequently persons of education and refinement.
• Women of cultivation and refinement are exceptionally rare in this grade of life.
• In close connection with this thought is the fact, that, by some delicate process of refinement, we remember of the dead only what was good.
• While we had not a grand home, it was a place of order, taste and refinement.
• He was a caricature of our man, with all the refinement and humor subtly changed into irritable anger.
• It would be easy, and surely the refinement of it would appeal to natures so ruthless.
• There was an air of refinement about his home which raised it far above the level of the homes by which it was surrounded.
• In the decline of great kingdoms, and where refinement in all the arts is carried to an excess, I suppose it is always so.
• Accustomed as he was to the grandeur of the French court, he was surprised at the refinement and majesty of that of England.
• As a general rule, people of this type have considerable natural refinement, and refinement is always expensive.
• Here is a fine, capable intellect, good sense of humor, optimism, cheerfulness, great refinement, and excellent critical powers in art and literature.
• Nehemiah finds himself once more surrounded by luxury and refinement and beauty.
• There is an air of refinement about the place, and you find the atmosphere clear and stimulating.
• He could eat a large raw onion every night like any peasant, yet his ideas were magnificent and instinct with refinement.
• On their being reconciled, he stinted her wardrobe, a refinement of cruelty that was aggravated by his monstrous expenditure on his own ugly person.
• One or two objects in her room testify to a refinement unusual for this station.
• She was a woman of education, refinement and marked ability, and enjoyed an intimate friendship with some of the best families of New York.
• She was much moved by the pale little face and brilliant eyes, the pleased, shy expression, the air of refinement, and the very evident pain and poverty.

Similar words containing FINEM without suffix ent and without prefix re

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