Antonyms for exquisiteness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ik-skwiz-it, ek-skwi-zit

Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈskwɪz ɪt, ˈɛk skwɪ zɪt

Definition of exquisiteness

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.

As in perfection : noun achievement, completeness
As in pulchritude : noun beauty
As in beauty : noun physical attractiveness
As in subtlety : noun delicacy
As in urbanity : noun elegance
As in delicacy : noun daintiness, fineness of structure
As in elegance : noun cultivated beauty, taste

Example sentences :

The exquisiteness of the decadent efflorescence of a passing race.
Extract from : « Lady Bountiful » by George A. Birmingham

But they have the exquisiteness of Tanagra figures and are as complete.
Extract from : « The Life of James McNeill Whistler » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell

The faulty conception is not redeemed by the exquisiteness of the poetry.
Extract from : « The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 (of 10) » by Alexander Pope

But none are more emphatically marked by the note of exquisiteness.
Extract from : « The Golden Treasury » by Various

And his self-distrust was even then recognized as well as his exquisiteness.
Extract from : « Adventures in Criticism » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Exquisiteness of quality is its most attractive characteristic.
Extract from : « Since Czanne » by Clive Bell

She was thinking of him and the smartness of his habit, and the exquisiteness of this moment.
Extract from : « The Financier » by Theodore Dreiser

Betty, in seeing it, knew all the exquisiteness of her own pleasure, and all the meanings of it.
Extract from : « The Shuttle » by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Her eyes met his slowly, and for a moment he felt a pleasure acute with the exquisiteness of pain.
Extract from : « David Dunne » by Belle Kanaris Maniates

For the exquisiteness of a writer like Mr. Henry James he has the keenest insight, the warmest appreciation.
Extract from : « The Land of Contrasts » by James Fullarton Muirhead

Synonyms for exquisiteness

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