Delicacy

Synonyms for "delicacy" (402 found)

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Noun(4 words)

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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 filminess fine palate fine point fine-grainedness fineness finesse finicality finicalness finickiness finickingness fissility flawlessness flimsiness floatability flossiness fluff fluffiness foaminess fondness fracturableness frailness frailty frangibility friability frothiness fussiness fuzz fuzziness gauziness gentleness good taste goody gossameriness grace gracefulness gracility graciosity graciousness hairline hazardousness healthlessness heedfulness helpfulness human frailty hyperesthesia hyperpathia hypersensitivity hypochondria hypochondriasis identification ill health ill-health impressionability inconsequentiality inconsiderableness indecisiveness indulgence infirmity infirmity of will inherent vice insecurity insignificance insolidity instability insubstantiality insufficiency invalidism invalidity

Noun(7 words)

diplomacy discreetness discretion fineness finesse fragility goody

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meagerness meanness mellowness meticulousness mindfulness minuteness mistiness moderateness modesty moral weakness morbidezza morbidity morbidness morsel narrow margin nectar nervousness nice distinction niceness niceness of distinction nicety nonresistiveness nonrigidity nuance obligingness oversensibility oversensitiveness overtenderness palate paperiness particle of difference particularity particularness passibility peach fuzz peakedness perceptiveness perceptivity perfection perilousness pettiness photophobia picayunishness plushiness point of difference polish poor health precariousness preciseness precisianism precision prickliness propriety pubescence pudency pudicity pulpiness punctiliousness punctuality puniness quality rarity refined discrimination refined palate refinement regale regard regardfulness responsiveness right rightness rigidity rigidness rigor rigorousness riskiness satin satininess savory scantiness scrupulosity scrupulousness seemliness selectiveness sense sensibility sensitiveness sensitivity sensitization severity shade of difference shakiness shame sickliness silk silkiness sleaziness slenderness slightness slimness slipperiness smallness smoothness softheartedness softness solicitousness solicitude sophistication soreness sponginess strictness subtility subtle distinction subtlety supersensitivity susceptibility sweetmeat sword of damocles sympathy tact tactfulness taste tastefulness tender feeling tenderheartedness tenderness tenuity tetchiness textualism the letter thin skin thinness thought thoughtfulness ticklish business ticklishness 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 vulnerability warm heart warmheartedness wasting wateriness weakliness weakness weightlessness wide margin wispiness womanishness yeastiness

Noun(4 words)

kickshaw slightness treat viand

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More general

21 entries

aliment alimentation appreciation discernment elegance life littleness liveliness nourishment nutriment nutrition perceptiveness smallness spirit sprightliness sustenance

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Synonyms

4 entries

airiness daintiness dainty fragility

Related terms

4 entries

delicate delicatessen delicious delight

derived

3 entries

hyperdelicacy indelicacy overdelicacy

is a

4 entries

food item smallness tact taste

related to

20 entries

appealing appearance construction delicate delicatessen delicious delight discrimination elegance fineness fitness food frailty health need pleasing

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Translations

98 translations across 34 languages.

Bulgarian

4 entries

деликатес noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)
деликатност noun (quality of being delicate)
изтънченост noun (quality of being delicate)
изтънченост noun (elegance of construction or appearance)

Catalan

1 entries

delicadesa noun (quality of being delicate)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

佳肴 noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)
佳餚 /佳肴 noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)
嘉殽 /嘉淆 noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)
珍味 noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)

Czech

2 entries

delikatesa noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)
lahůdka noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)

Danish

4 entries

delikatesse noun (quality of being delicate)
delikatesse noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)
lækkerbisken noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)
sarthed noun (quality of being delicate)

Dutch

2 entries

delicatesse noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)
lekkernij noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)

Estonian

1 entries

õrnus noun (quality of being delicate)

Finnish

4 entries

herkku noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)
herkullisuus noun (quality of being delicate)
hienostuneisuus noun (elegance of construction or appearance)
hienostuneisuus noun (refinement in taste)

French

2 entries

délicatesse noun (quality of being delicate)
gourmandise noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)

Galician

1 entries

delicadeza noun (quality of being delicate)

German

4 entries

Delikatesse noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)
Delikatesse noun (refinement in taste)
Feinheit noun (quality of being delicate)
Köstlichkeit noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)

Hebrew

2 entries

מַטְעָם noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)
מַעֲדָן noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)

Hindi

2 entries

कोमलता noun (quality of being delicate)
सौम्यता noun (quality of being delicate)

Ingrian

1 entries

herkku noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)

Irish

2 entries

leiceacht noun (quality of being delicate)
íogaireacht noun (quality of being delicate)

Italian

4 entries

delicatezza noun (quality of being delicate)
leccornia noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)
prelibatezza noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)
squisitezza noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)

Japanese

3 entries

デリカシー noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)
珍味 noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)
美味 noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)

Kazakh

2 entries

жеңсiк ас noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)
жеңсiк тағам noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

чүйгүн noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)

Latin

2 entries

mattea noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)
scītāmentum noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)

Latvian

1 entries

delikatese noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Delikatess noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)

Māori

1 entries

horotai noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

delikatesse noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

delikatesse noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

نازكلك noun (quality of being delicate)
نازكلك noun (refinement in taste)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Lakjabeskje noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)

Polish

4 entries

delicje noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)
delikates noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)
delikatność noun (quality of being delicate)
finezja noun (quality of being delicate)

Portuguese

4 entries

delicadeza noun (quality of being delicate)
fineza noun (elegance of construction or appearance)
fineza noun (refinement in taste)
guloseima noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)

Russian

4 entries

делика́тность noun (quality of being delicate)
деликате́с noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)
изы́сканность noun (refinement in taste)
ла́комство noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

delikatèsa noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)
dȅlikātnōst noun (quality of being delicate)
dȅlikātnōst noun (elegance of construction or appearance)
dȅlikātnōst noun (refinement in taste)

Spanish

4 entries

delicadeza noun (quality of being delicate)
exquisitez noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)
fineza noun (quality of being delicate)
fineza noun (elegance of construction or appearance)

Swedish

2 entries

delikatess noun (quality of being delicate)
delikatess noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)

Vietnamese

1 entries

mỹ vị noun (something appealing, especially a pleasing food)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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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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