Meaning of delicate

Definitions of delicate

1. [adj] - easily hurt

2. [adj] - marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique

3. [adj] - of an instrument or device

4. [adj] - difficult to handle

5. [adj] - easily broken or damaged or destroyed

6. [adj] - exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing

1. susceptible to injury

2. a delicate violin passage

3. delicate china

4. a delicate flavor

5. the delicate wing of a butterfly

6. a kite too delicate to fly safely

7. fragile porcelain plates

8. fragile old bones

9. a frail craft

10. requiring great tact

11. delicate negotiations with the big powers

12. hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter

13. capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely

14. almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments

15. a surgeon's delicate touch

16. soft hands

17. a baby's delicate skin

delicate Synonyms

soft

ticklish

frail

fragile

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