Delicacy

Synonyms for "delicacy" (418 found)

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Noun(9 words)

discretion fragility treat airiness chip daintiness dainty delectable delicacies

absoluteness accommodatingness accuracyacquired tasteaffectivity agreeableness airinessairy textureallergy ambrosiaamiable weaknessanaphylaxis appreciationappreciation of differencesappreciation of excellenceappreciativenessartistic judgmentascentattention to detailattention to fact

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attentiveness attenuation banquet beautybonne bouchebreakability breakableness brittleness bubbliness buoyancy cachexia cachexycare for truthcate chanciness changeablenesschoice morselchoicenesschronic ill healthcircumstantialitycivilized tastecivilizedness collapse complaisance concern connoisseurship conscientiousness considerateness consideration correctness cosseting crackability crackableness crispnesscritical nicenesscriticality criticalness crumbliness crushability crushablenesscultivated tastecultivation culture cunningness cuteness daintiness dainty debilitation debility decency decorousness decorum decrepitudedelicate distinctiondelicate health

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delicateness dessert destructibility detail diaphanousness differentia differential difficulty dilutedness dilution diminutivenessdiscriminating tastediscriminatingness discrimination discriminativeness disintegration distinction doubtfulness down downiness

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dubiousness easiness effeminacy elegance empathy enervation ethereality exactingness exactitude exactness excellence exhaustion exiguity exiguousness exility exquisiteness faithfulness fastidiousness faultlessness feast featheriness feebleness feel feeling fewness fidelity filminessfine palatefine pointfine-grainedness fineness finesse finicality finicalness finickiness finickingness fissility flawlessness flimsiness floatability flossiness fluff fluffiness foaminess fondness fracturableness fragility frailness frailty frangibility friability frothiness fussiness fuzz fuzziness gauziness gentlenessgood tastegoody gossameriness grace gracefulness gracility graciosity graciousness hairline hazardousness healthlessness heedfulness helpfulnesshuman frailtyhyperesthesia hyperpathia hypersensitivity hypochondria hypochondriasis identificationill healthill-health impressionability inconsequentiality inconsiderableness indecisiveness indulgence infirmityinfirmity of willinherent viceinsecurity insignificance insolidity instability insubstantiality insufficiency invalidism invalidity irresolution

Noun(9 words)

delicateness diplomacy discreetness fineness finesse frailtygastronomic specialtygoody gossamer

Related words (209)

irritability judiciousness lacinesslack of weightlanguishing languishment leniency levitation levity lightness literalism literality literalness littleness luxurymaking distinctionsmanna marginmathematical precisionmeagerness

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meanness mellowness meticulousness mindfulness minuteness mistiness moderateness modestymoral weaknessmorbidezza morbidity morbidness morselnarrow marginnectar nervousnessnice distinctionnicenessniceness of distinctionnicety nonresistiveness nonrigidity nuance obligingness oversensibility oversensitiveness overtenderness palate paperinessparticle of differenceparticularity particularness passibilitypeach fuzzpeakedness perceptiveness perceptivity perfection perilousness pettiness photophobia picayunishness plushinesspoint of differencepolishpoor healthprecariousness preciseness precisianism precision prickliness propriety pubescence pudency pudicity pulpiness punctiliousness punctuality puniness quality rarityrefined discriminationrefined palaterefinement regale regard regardfulness responsiveness right rightness rigidity rigidness rigor rigorousness riskiness satin satininess savory scantiness scrupulosity scrupulousness seemliness selectiveness sense sensibility sensitiveness sensitivity sensitization severityshade of differenceshakiness shame sickliness silk silkiness sleaziness slenderness slightness slimness slipperiness smallness smoothness softheartedness softness solicitousness solicitude sophistication soreness sponginess strictness subtilitysubtle distinctionsubtlety supersensitivity susceptibility sweetmeatsword of damoclessympathy tact tactfulness taste tastefulnesstender feelingtenderheartedness tenderness tenuity tetchiness textualismthe letterthin skinthinness thought thoughtfulnessticklish businessticklishness tidbit tininess titbit toleration totteriness touchiness treat triviality uncertainty undependability unhealthiness unheaviness unimportance unpredictability unreliability unsafeness unsolidity unsoundness unsteadiness unsubstantiality unsureness untrustworthiness unwholesomeness vagueness valetudinarianism velleity velvet velvetiness volatility vulnerabilitywarm heartwarmheartedness wasting wateriness weakliness weakness weightlessnesswide marginwispiness womanishness yeastiness

Noun(13 words)

kickshaw petiteness preciosity preciousness prudenceromanian specialsensitivity slightness specialty squeamishness subtleties tact treats

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30 entries

aliment alimentation appreciation characteristiccommunication skillculinary categorydiscernment discretion dish elegancefood itemlife littleness liveliness nourishment nutriment

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7 entries

cultural sensitivitydiplomatic tactexotic dishfragility frailtypolitical tactregional specialty

Collocations

5 entries

culinary delicacycultural delicacydelicacy of flavormoral delicacyregional delicacy

Inflections

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delicacies

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Mary is lacking in delicacy.

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Blowfish is a delicacy in Japan.

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I regard crab as a great delicacy.

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Fried spiders are a regional delicacy in Cambodia.

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