Antonyms for delicacy
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : del-i-kuh-see |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛl ɪ kə si |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for delicacy
- airiness
- ambrosia
- banquet
- bonne bouche
- dainty
- debility
- delight
- dessert
- diaphaneity
- elegance
- etherealness
- exquisiteness
- feast
- fragility
- frailness
- frailty
- goody
- gossameriness
- indulgence
- infirmity
- lightness
- luxury
- morsel
- nectar
- pleasure
- rarity
- regale
- relish
- savory
- slenderness
- smoothness
- softness
- special
- subtlety
- sweet
- tenderness
- tenuity
- tidbit
- translucency
- transparency
- treat
- weakness
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