Associations to the word «Delicate»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
DELICATE, adjective. Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.
DELICATE, adjective. Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines.
DELICATE, adjective. Intended for use with fragile items.
DELICATE, adjective. Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings.
DELICATE, adjective. Of weak health; easily sick; unable to endure hardship.
DELICATE, adjective. (informal) Unwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol.
DELICATE, adjective. (obsolete) Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.
DELICATE, adjective. Pleasing to the senses; refined; adapted to please an elegant or cultivated taste.
DELICATE, adjective. Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful.
DELICATE, adjective. Light, or softly tinted; said of a colour.
DELICATE, adjective. Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
DELICATE, adjective. Highly discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite.
DELICATE, adjective. Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes.
DELICATE, noun. A delicate item of clothing, especially underwear or lingerie.
DELICATE, noun. (obsolete) A choice dainty; a delicacy.
DELICATE, noun. (obsolete) A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person.
Dictionary definition
DELICATE, adjective. Exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly".
DELICATE, adjective. Marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique; "a surgeon's delicate touch".
DELICATE, adjective. Easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft".
DELICATE, adjective. Easily hurt; "soft hands"; "a baby's delicate skin".
DELICATE, adjective. Developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety; "the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense".
DELICATE, adjective. Difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject".
DELICATE, adjective. Of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely; "almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.