cultivated
- adjective
- /ˈkʌltɪˌveɪtɪd/
- Formal
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cultivado
- His cultivated manners impressed everyone at the formal dinner party.
That's why it's important that these people be cultivated and impressive.
- That's why it's important that these people be cultivated and impressive.
- But for the rest of us, cultivated people, we have philosophy.
- I can tell you the instructions, but do you have enough of the cultivated qualities to be able to actually deeply feel the body?
Examples
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That's why it's important that these people be cultivated and impressive.
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But for the rest of us, cultivated people, we have philosophy.
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I can tell you the instructions, but do you have enough of the cultivated qualities to be able to actually deeply feel the body?
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So I think cultivated will probably become the nomenclature of choice.
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She was raised in a cultivated environment that encouraged her to appreciate art and literature.
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To be successful in high society, one must have cultivated tastes in food, fashion, and decor.
Synonyms
80
4.4
Polite with good manners and refined taste
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1.0
Having elegant manners and good taste in art or dress
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7.7
Polite and elegant in a way that tries to impress others
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5.1
A person who likes and understands art, music, and books
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4.1
Showing elegant, polite manners and good taste
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A garden plant like cabbage, broccoli or cauliflower that people grow to eat
- Specialized
A small apple tree grown for its tart fruit or pretty spring flowers
How Cultured
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cultivated comes from the verb cultivate, from a root meaning 'to grow' or 'to care for' and is the same root as culture, a word you know for art and learning. So a cultivated person has tastes, manners, or knowledge that have been 'grown' and carefully developed.