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polishing

ADJECTIVE

abrasive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abrading coarse

STRONG

grinding gritty rough scratching

WEAK

erosive scuffing sharpening smoothing

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fine fine-grained

ADJECTIVE

cultural

Synonyms

STRONGEST

artistic developmental

WEAK

adorning advancing beautifying beneficial broadening civilizing constructive corrective dignifying disciplining edifying educative elevating ennobling enriching expanding glorifying helpful humane humanizing influential inspirational instructive learned liberal liberalizing nurturing ornamenting promoting raising refined refining regenerative socializing stimulating uplifting widening

ADJECTIVE

refining

Synonyms

STRONG

civilizing clarifying cleaning cultivating distillation elevating focusing honing improving perfecting purifying sharpening

Example Sentences

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Zidane had his pick of top clubs when leaving Bordeaux in summer 1996, opting for Turin where Juventus were polishing a freshly-collected Champions League trophy.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

The fossil jaws showed extensive chipping, scratching, cracking, and polishing, all signs of a strong biting force.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

It was, he said, unsolicited investing advice from the guy polishing his wingtips.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

Colgate-Palmolive turns to Iraklis “Kli” Pappas to drive employees toward using AI for more than just polishing emails.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Every kid had lined up for lemonade—and then wanted face painting and hair braiding and fingernail polishing and toenail polishing.

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies

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