Delicates

Synonyms for "delicates" (431 found)

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Strong matches (129)

distinguishing downy easy effeminate eggshell elegant emotionable empathetic empathic enfeebled even exact exacting exigent expert explosive express faint fair faithful

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Adjective(6 words)

effete enervated fragile knocked up languid low

Adjective(3 words)

finespun fragile frail

Related words (215)

mincing mindful mindful of others minute misty modest mollified mother-of-pearl muted nacreous namby pamby namby-pamby narrow nectarous nervous nice no picnic nonresistive nonrigid not easy

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obliging of gourmet quality on slippery ground on thin ice opalescent operose overdelicate overrefined oversensible oversensitive overtender palatable pale papery particular passible pasteboardy patinaed pearly perceptive perilous perishable persnickety petite pinpoint pleasing polished politic precarious precise precisianistic precisionistic prickly proficient proper prudent prudish pubescent punctilious punctual puny puristic queasy quiet rare rarefied receptive recherche regardful religious religiously exact responsive rigid rigorous risky rough rugged sad sapid satin satiny savorous savory scientific scientifically exact scissile scrumptious scrupulous scrutinizing seemly select selective semigloss sensible set with thorns severe shatterable shattery shivery sickly silky simple sissified skilled skittish sleazy slender slenderish slight slight-made slim slimmish slinky slippery slippy small smooth sober soft soft as putty soft-colored soft-hued softened softhearted solicitous somber sophisticated sore spiny splintery square squeamish steep sticky strenuous strict subdued subtile subtle succulent superior supersensitive susceptible svelte sweet sylphlike sympathetic tacky tactful tactical tasty tenderhearted tenuous tetchy thin thin skinned thin-bodied thin-set thin-skinned thin-spun thinnish thorny thoughtful threadlike tiny toilsome tolerant toothsome touch-and-go touchy tough tricky uncertain undeviating unerring unhealthy unpredictable unsound unsubstantial uphill vague velutinous velvety victorian volatile vulnerable warmhearted wary wasp waisted wasp-waisted watered watered down watered-down watery weak weakened whisper-soft wicked willowy wiredrawn wispy womanish yummy

Adjective(9 words)

preg preggers pregnant righteous sore toothless virtuous wasted weedy

Adjective(3 words)

soft ticklish touchy

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