Antonyms for exquisite
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ik-skwiz-it, ek-skwi-zit |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈskwɪz ɪt, ˈɛk skwɪ zɪt |
Definition of exquisite
Origin :- early 15c., "carefully selected," from Latin exquisitus "carefully sought out," thus, "choice," from past participle of exquirere "search out thoroughly," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + quaerere "to seek" (see query (v.)).
- Of any thing (good or bad, torture as well as art) brought to a highly wrought condition, sometimes shading into disapproval. A vogue word 15c.-18c., given wide extensions of meaning, none of which survives. The main modern sense of "of consummate and delightful excellence" is first attested 1579, in Lyly's "Euphues." Related: Exquisitely; exquisiteness. The noun meaning "a dandy, fop" is from 1819.
- adj beautiful, excellent, finely detailed
- adj intense
- Most exquisite of sonatas would not to them make up for a game of billiards!
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- His miracles seem to me to be as exquisite as the coming of spring, and quite as natural.
- Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
- The exquisite vision that came from the Invisible had returned to the Invisible.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- All the world was coming to the exquisite bloom of a half-tropical country.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- Could he tell her, after all that, what a precious bore her exquisite Mabel was to him?
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- She was an exquisite young woman, there was no doubt about that.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- It was easy to answer that question: Because nothing so exquisite had ever been created.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- This was a moment of exquisite satisfaction; but whence did it originate?
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
- She handled the dishes as if she scorned them, yet her method and care were exquisite.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- All Hetty's clothes—Hetty herself—had been full of the exquisite fragrance.
- Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
Synonyms for exquisite
- acute
- admirable
- attractive
- charming
- choice
- comely
- concentrated
- consummate
- cultivated
- dainty
- delicate
- delicious
- desperate
- discerning
- discriminating
- elegant
- errorless
- ethereal
- excruciating
- extreme
- fastidious
- fierce
- fine
- flawless
- furious
- impeccable
- incomparable
- irreproachable
- keen
- lovely
- matchless
- meticulous
- outstanding
- peerless
- perfect
- piercing
- pleasing
- poignant
- polished
- precious
- precise
- rare
- recherché
- refined
- select
- selective
- sharp
- splendid
- striking
- subtle
- superb
- superior
- superlative
- terrible
- transcending
- vehement
- vicious
- violent
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