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sophisticatenoun a person with the outlook, experience, and manners thought to be typical of big city dwellerssophisticates laughing at people they thought of as hicks city slicker, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, metropolitan, slicker urbaniteworldling bumpkin, hick, provincial, rustic, yokel sophisticateverbto make complex or difficultthere's no need to sophisticate something that is beautiful in its simplicity complex, complexify, complicate, embarrass, entangle, perplex develop, elaborate, expandintensify, magnifyconfound, confuse, mess (up), mix (up), muddlesnarl, tangle simplify, streamline abbreviate, cut, shortenease, facilitatedisentangle, straighten (out), unravel, untangleoversimplify to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substancesvanilla extract that has been sophisticated with corn syrup adulterate, cut, dilute, extend, lace, thin, water down, weaken loadbefoul, contaminate, corrupt, defile, dirty, envenom, foul, infect, poison, pollute, soil, spoil, sully, taintcheapen, debase, degrademanipulate, misrepresent, tamper (with)counterfeit, fake, falsify, fudgedoctor, spikeattenuate, moderate, qualify, temper enrich, fortify, richen, strengthen fertilize, lardaugment, reinforce(also reenforce), supplementdecontaminate, purifyclarify, clean, cleanse, distill(also distil), filter, flush, leach, pasteurize, purge, refinebetter, enhance, improvecompact, concentrate, condense in the 15th century |