exquisite

exquisite is a 9-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship. Face value is 25 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 25 · Words With Friends 26 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship.
2. adjective. Exceeding; extreme; keen; -- used in a bad or a good sense; as, exquisite pain or pleasure.
3. adjective. Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; nice; fastidious; as, exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment.
4. noun. One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.
5. adjective. of extreme beauty

   "her exquisite face"

6. adjective. delicately beautiful

   "a dainty teacup"

   "an exquisite cameo"

   Synonyms: dainty

7. adjective. lavishly elegant and refined

   Synonyms: recherche

8. adjective. intense or sharp

   "suffered exquisite pain"

   "felt exquisite pleasure"

   Synonyms: keen

Synonyms

dainty, recherche, keen

Common word forms

exquisites, exquisitely, exquisiteness

Words from these letters

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