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Sophisticated   /səfˈɪstəkˌeɪtɪd/  /səfˈɪstɪkˌeɪtəd/   Listen
Sophisticated

adjective
1.
Having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire.  "A sophisticated audience" , "A sophisticated lifestyle" , "A sophisticated book"
2.
Ahead in development; complex or intricate.  Synonym: advanced.  "A sophisticated electronic control system"
3.
Intellectually appealing.


Sophisticate

verb
(past & past part. sophisticated; pres. part. sophisticating)
1.
Make less natural or innocent.
2.
Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive.  Synonyms: convolute, pervert, twist, twist around.
3.
Alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive.  Synonyms: doctor, doctor up.
4.
Make more complex or refined.





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"Sophisticated" Quotes from Famous Books



... right merry cacophony of sound came fast upon the bubble bombardment, and then, to a light runnel of song, the row of twenty-four, harnessed in slotted sleigh-bells and with little-girl flounced frocks to their very sophisticated pink-silk knees. ...
— Humoresque - A Laugh On Life With A Tear Behind It • Fannie Hurst
... to have plenty to spend." But for her exquisite slightness and freshness, no one would have imagined that she was an only just-fledged bird, flying for the first time. Her equability and poise were those of a completely sophisticated woman. Nothing seemed to surprise her. Whatever happened was all part and parcel of the great adventure. Yesterday she was an overwatched girl, looking yearningly at a city that appeared to be unattainable. To-day ...
— Who Cares? • Cosmo Hamilton
... chair did him more than justice. Painted by a mother's loving hand, it flattered him. It was bulgy. He was more bulgy. It was sullen. He scowled. And, art having its limitations, particularly amateur art, the portrait gave no hint of his very repellent manner. He was an intensely sophisticated child. He had the air of one who has seen all life has to offer, and is now permanently bored. His speech and bearing were those of a young man, and a ...
— The Little Nugget • P.G. Wodehouse
... Light Woman" is the story of a dramatic situation brought about by the speaker's intermeddling to save his less sophisticated friend from a light woman's toils. He deflects her interest and wins her heart, and this is the ironical outcome: his friendly, dispassionate act makes him seem to his friend a disloyal passion's slave; his scorn of the light woman teaches him her genuineness, ...
— Dramatic Romances • Robert Browning
... I can hardly imagine two people like Dorothea and yourself more awkwardly placed than you'll be from the minute she arrives. Remember, you're not Strephon and Chloe in a pastoral; you're two most sophisticated members of a most sophisticated set, who scarcely know how to walk about excepting according to the rules of a code of etiquette. Neither of you was made for escapade, and I'm sure you don't like it any more ...
— The Inner Shrine • Basil King


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