Synonyms for delicacy

Grammar : Noun

Spell : del-i-kuh-see

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛl ɪ kə si

Top 10 synonyms for delicacy

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Définition of delicacy

Origin : late 14c., "delightfulness; fastidiousness; quality of being addicted to sensuous pleasure," from delicate + -cy. Meaning "fineness, softness, tender loveliness" is from 1580s; that of "weakness of constitution" is from 1630s. Meaning "fine food, a dainty viand" is from early 15c.

noun daintiness, fineness of structure
noun delicious, gourmet food

Example sentences :

I have a feeling of delicacy about trying to see you again so soon.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

It will sound strange that dry bread could possibly be a delicacy to any one.
Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde

But this being a delicate affair, Comrade Ossipon behaved with delicacy.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

I'm an enemy to their delicacy, as I am sure it conduces to their misery.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Mr. Hervey could not be insensible to her distress or to her delicacy.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Blush, then, Delicacy, that cannot bear the poet's amor omnibus idem!
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Go out and ask who is never trifled with, and who is always treated with some delicacy.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

He approved deeply the delicacy with which she ignored that last wild interview.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

To the whole of this doctrine I could not, in honour, generosity, or delicacy accede.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

A large number had sufficient sense of delicacy to wash their hands.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Antonyms for delicacy

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