English > unrefined: 2 senses > adjective 2| Meaning | (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth. |
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| Example | "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?" |
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| Narrower | agrestic | (of behavior) rustic and uncouth |
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| artless, uncultivated, uncultured | (of persons) lacking art or knowledge |
| boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish | ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance |
| coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar | lacking refinement or cultivation or taste |
| crass | (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility |
| ill-bred, bounderish, lowbred, rude, underbred, yokelish | (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace |
| low | unrefined in character |
| robust | rough and crude |
| rough | (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse |
| rough-spoken | Rude or uncouth in speech |
| ungentlemanly, ungentlemanlike | not befitting a gentleman |
| unladylike | lacking the behavior or manner or style considered proper for a lady |
| See also | inelegant | lacking in refinement or grace or good taste |
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| unfastidious | Marked by an absence of due or proper care or attention to detail |
| ungracious | lacking charm and good taste |
| unpolished | not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing |
| Opposite | refined | (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel |
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| Spanish | basto, rudo, tosco |
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