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sophisticated

verb

Meaning

  • To make less natural or innocent.

  • To practice sophistry; change the meaning of, or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive.

  • To alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive.

  • To make more complex or refined.

adjective

Meaning

  • Having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan.

  • Elegant, refined.

  • Complicated, especially of complex technology.

  • Appealing to the tastes of an intellectual; cerebral.

  • Dishonest or misleading.

  • Impure; adulterated.

Synonyms

refined,
worldly