manicured
Polished and shaped
Manicured describes something trimmed, shaped, and carefully maintained.
The word comes from manicure—care of the hands and nails—but extends to anything groomed with similar precision: a manicured lawn, manicured hedges, a manicured image.
The connotation is deliberate cultivation, sometimes suggesting excessive polish or artificiality: The neighborhood felt too manicured, too perfect.
Tended yard grass
- hedgeBoundary of planted shrubs
- topiaryShaped shrub sculpture
- trimmedCut to neaten
- prunedCut away excess growth
landscaped · garden · shrubbery · edged · clipped · mowed · groomed · estate
Smooth, refined, accomplished
kempt · sleek · pristine · immaculate · meticulous · impeccable · well-kept · orderly
Smooth, refined, accomplished
- buffedRubbed to shine
- filedOrganized for retrieval
- shapedGiven a particular form
- cuticlesSkin at nail base
lacquered · glossy · salon · gel · acrylic · shellac · varnished · pampered
Deliberately manufactured, unnatural
- manufacturedMade by machinery
- stagedArranged for effect
- curatedDeliberately selected and organized
- sterileFree from microorganisms
sanitized · artificial · calculated · controlled · polished · inauthentic · orchestrated · picture-perfect
lawn
Tended yard grass
pruned · landscaped · garden · shrubbery · edged · clipped · mowed · groomed · estate · grounds
polished
Smooth, refined, accomplished
tidy · kempt · sleek · pristine · immaculate · meticulous · impeccable · well-kept · orderly · clean-cut
polished
Smooth, refined, accomplished
cuticles · lacquered · glossy · salon · gel · acrylic · shellac · varnished · pampered · groomed
contrived
Deliberately manufactured, unnatural
- manufacturedMade by machinery
- stagedArranged for effect
- curatedDeliberately selected and organized
sterile · sanitized · artificial · calculated · controlled · polished · inauthentic · orchestrated · picture-perfect · plastic
- groomingbrushing teeth, clean shave, bathe, groomed, haircut
- elegantchic, stylish, refined, tasteful, elegant
- grassgreen, brown, dead, dry, wet
- dressed updressed up, dolled up, decked out, spruced up, gussied up
- facial hairbeard, bearded, goatee, moustache, stubble
- stylestyle, stylish, chic, elegant, stylishness
manicureddisheveled
Untidy in appearance
sloppy · rough · messy · careless · unpolished
- French manicureNail style, white tips
- manicured lawnsCarefully maintained grass areas
- at home manicure
- manicure setFingernail grooming tools
- manicure tableSalon furniture for fingernails
manicure, manicures, manicurist, manicuring, manicurists, unmanicured, manicurer