ADJECTIVE | all | delicate | exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing |
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all | delicate | marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique | |
all | delicate, fragile, frail | easily broken or damaged or destroyed | |
all | delicate, soft | easily hurt | |
all | delicate, finespun | developed with extreme / extreme delicacy and subtlety | |
all | delicate, ticklish, touchy | difficult to handle | |
all | delicate | of an instrument or device |
Sounds | deh'lahkaht | |
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Rhymes | abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... |
Meaning | exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury. | |
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Examples |
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Attribute of | strength | The property of being physically or mentally strong |
Narrower | dainty, exquisite | delicately beautiful |
ethereal, gossamer | Characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy | |
fragile | vulnerably delicate | |
light-handed | Having a metaphorically delicate touch | |
overdelicate | Extremely delicate | |
pastel | lacking in body or vigor | |
tender | (of plants) not hardy | |
See also | breakable | capable of being broken or damaged |
frail | physically weak | |
weak | Wanting in physical strength | |
Opposite | rugged | sturdy / sturdy and strong in constitution or construction |
Spanish | delicado | |
Catalan | delicat | |
Adverbs | delicately | in a delicate manner |
Meaning | marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique. | |
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Example | "a surgeon's delicate touch" | |
Broader | skilled | Having or showing or requiring special skill |
Spanish | delicado, finísimo, fino | |
Catalan | delicat, fi, finíssim |
Meaning | easily broken or damaged or destroyed. | |
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Example | "a kite too delicate to fly safely" | |
Synonyms | fragile, frail | |
Broader | breakable | capable of being broken or damaged |
Spanish | delicado, frágil, quebradizo | |
Catalan | delicat, fràgil, trencadís |
Meaning | easily hurt. | |
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Example | "a baby's delicate skin" | |
Synonym | soft | |
Broader | tender, untoughened | physically untoughened |
Spanish | delicado, mórbido | |
Catalan | delicat, mòrbid |
Meaning | Developed with extreme / extreme delicacy and subtlety. | |
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Synonym | finespun | |
Broader | refined | (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel |
Spanish | delicado |
Meaning | Difficult to handle; requiring great tact. | |
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Example | "delicate negotiations with the big powers" | |
Synonyms | ticklish, touchy | |
Broader | difficult, hard | not easy |
Spanish | cosquilloso, delicado | |
Catalan | delicat |
Meaning | Of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely. | |
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Example | "almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments" | |
Broader | sensitive | Responsive to physical stimuli |
Spanish | delicado |
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