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delicate
Overview of adj delicate
The adj delicate has 7 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (6) delicate -- (exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly")
2. (3) delicate -- (marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique; "a surgeon's delicate touch")
3. (3) delicate, fragile, frail -- (easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft")
4. (1) delicate, soft -- (easily hurt; "soft hands"; "a baby's delicate skin")
5. (1) finespun, delicate -- (developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety; "the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense")
6. (1) delicate, ticklish, touchy -- (difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject")
7. delicate -- (of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely; "almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments")
Grep of noun delicate
delicatessen
delicatessen food
Antonyms of adj delicate
7 senses of delicate
Sense 1
delicate (vs. rugged)
rugged (vs. delicate)
=> hardy
=> knockabout
=> sturdy, tough
Sense 2
delicate
INDIRECT (VIA skilled) -> unskilled
Sense 3
delicate, fragile, frail
INDIRECT (VIA breakable) -> unbreakable
Sense 4
delicate, soft
INDIRECT (VIA tender) -> tough, toughened
Sense 5
finespun, delicate
INDIRECT (VIA refined) -> unrefined
Sense 6
delicate, ticklish, touchy
INDIRECT (VIA difficult) -> easy
Sense 7
delicate
INDIRECT (VIA sensitive) -> insensitive
Similarity of adj delicate
7 senses of delicate
Sense 1
delicate (vs. rugged)
=> dainty, exquisite
=> ethereal, gossamer
=> fragile
=> half-hardy
=> light-handed
=> overdelicate
=> pastel
=> subtle
=> tender
Also See> breakable#1; frail#1; weak#1
Sense 2
delicate
=> skilled (vs. unskilled)
Sense 3
delicate, fragile, frail
=> breakable (vs. unbreakable)
Sense 4
delicate, soft
=> tender (vs. tough), untoughened
Sense 5
finespun, delicate
=> refined (vs. unrefined)
Sense 6
delicate, ticklish, touchy
=> difficult (vs. easy), hard
Sense 7
delicate
=> sensitive (vs. insensitive)
Pertainyms of adj delicate
Attributes of adj delicate
1 of 7 senses of delicate
Sense 1
delicate (vs. rugged)
=> strength
Domain of adj delicate
Domain Terms of adj delicate
Familiarity of adj delicate
delicate used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =7)
Grep of adj delicate
delicate
indelicate
overdelicate
Grep of adv delicate
delicately
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