be at cross purposes (verb) misunderstand: get the wrong idea
Sinonime: aristocracy, blue blood, civility,
courtesy, courtliness,
culture,
decorum,
elegance,
elite,
etiquette, flower*, formality, gentle birth, gentlefolk, gentry, good breeding, good family, good manners, high birth, mannerliness, nobility, optimacy,
polish, politeness,
propriety, quality,
rank,
refinement, respectability, ruling class, society, upper class, upper crust, urbanity
Antonime: coarseness, crudeness, roughness, rusticity