delicacy

delicacy is a 8-letter English word with 15 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the like. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 18 · 15 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the like.
2. adjective. Nicety or fineness of form, texture, or constitution; softness; elegance; smoothness; tenderness; and hence, frailty or weakness; as, the delicacy of a fiber or a thread; delicacy of a hand or of the human form; delicacy of the skin; delicacy of frame.
3. adjective. Nice propriety of manners or conduct; susceptibility or tenderness of feeling; refinement; fastidiousness; and hence, in an exaggerated sense, effeminacy; as, great delicacy of behavior; delicacy in doing a kindness; delicacy of character that unfits for earnest action.
4. adjective. Addiction to pleasure; luxury; daintiness; indulgence; luxurious or voluptuous treatment.
5. adjective. Nice and refined perception and discrimination; critical niceness; fastidious accuracy.
6. adjective. The state of being affected by slight causes; sensitiveness; as, the delicacy of a chemist's balance.
7. adjective. That which is alluring, delicate, or refined; a luxury or pleasure; something pleasant to the senses, especially to the sense of taste; a dainty; as, delicacies of the table.
8. adjective. Pleasure; gratification; delight.
9. noun. lightness in movement or manner

   Synonyms: airiness

10. noun. the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance

    "the daintiness of her touch"

    "the fineness of her features"

    Synonyms: daintiness, fineness

11. noun. subtly skillful handling of a situation

    Synonyms: diplomacy, discreetness, finesse

12. noun. lack of physical strength

    Synonyms: fragility

13. noun. smallness of stature

    Synonyms: slightness

14. noun. refined taste; tact

    Synonyms: discretion

15. noun. something considered choice to eat

    Synonyms: dainty, goody, kickshaw, treat

Synonyms

airiness, daintiness, fineness, diplomacy, discreetness, finesse, fragility, slightness, discretion, dainty, goody, kickshaw, treat

Common word forms

delicacies

Words from these letters

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