Antonyms for polished


Grammar : Adj
Spell : pol-isht
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɒl ɪʃt


Definition of polished

Origin :
  • late 14c., "made smooth;" early 15c., "elegant;" past participle adjective from polish (v.).
  • adj bright
  • adj refined
  • adj referring to writing or speech
  • adj well executed
  • adj elegant
Example sentences :
  • He had come to the school "a little savage," so the polished French boys declared.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
  • When I had polished them off, Anthony shook his green-turbaned head.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • All the villains and other unnecessary people would be polished off.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • The polished duke was more inexorable than the stern hidalgo.
  • Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Suddenly she dropped the brush; it rattled and spun on the polished floor.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • I should like to have polished off that Pierce senior as he deserves.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • And how then can polished manners be a revelation of what is within?
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • It was before the world had polished his surface bright and hard.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • Helen has lived much in the world, and has polished manners.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Fortunately the composition was polished, affording little friction.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner

Synonyms for polished

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