unrefined as an adjective: - 1
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unrefined
adjective
1 unrefined
Not refined or processed:
— Unrefined ore.
synonyms: crude, unprocessed.
Roget 851:
in bad taste vulgar,
unrefined.
coarse,
indecorous,
ribald,
gross;
unseemly,
unbeseeming†,
unpresentable†;
contra bonos mores [Lat.];
ungraceful
etc.
(ugly)
846.
dowdy;
slovenly
etc.
(dirty)
653;
ungenteel,
shabby genteel;
low,
common,
hoi polloi [Gr.],
etc.
(plebeian)
876;
uncourtly†;
uncivil
etc.
(discourteous)
895;
ill bred,
ill mannered;
underbred;
ungentlemanly,
ungentlemanlike;
unladylike,
unfeminine;
wild,
wild as an unbacked colt.
untutored,
unschooled
(ignorant)
491.
unkempt.
uncombed,
untamed,
unlicked†,
unpolished,
uncouth;
plebeian;
incondite†;
heavy,
rude,
awkward;
homely,
homespun,
home bred;
provincial,
countrified,
rustic;
boorish,
clownish;
savage,
brutish,
blackguard,
rowdy,
snobbish;
barbarous,
barbaric;
Gothic,
unclassical†,
doggerel,
heathenish,
tramontane,
outlandish;
uncultivated;
Bohemian.
obsolete
etc.
(antiquated)
124;
unfashionable;
newfangled
etc.
(unfamiliar)
83;
odd
etc.
(ridiculous)
853.
particular;
affected
etc.
855;
meretricious;
extravagant,
monstrous,
horrid;
shocking
etc.
(painful)
830.
gaudy,
tawdry,
overornamented,
baroque,
rococo;
bedizened,
tricked out,
gingerbread;
obtrusive.
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2 unrefined
used of persons and their behavior Not refined; uncouth.
Polish: niesmaczny
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