delicacy | Definition of delicacy

1 something that is pleasing to eat because it is rare or a luxury

presented with a plate of national delicacies while they waited for the queen

Synonyms of delicacy

bit, cate [archaic], dainty, delectable, goody (or goodie), kickshaw, tidbit (also titbit), treat, viand

Words Related to delicacy

morsel

candy, dessert, junket, sweet, sweetmeat

2 the state or quality of having a delicate structure

we never cease to marvel at the delicacy of a snowflake

Synonyms of delicacy

daintiness, exquisiteness, fineness, fragility, frangibility

Words Related to delicacy

diaphanousness, flimsiness, insubstantiality, wispiness

brittleness, crumbliness, friability

Near Antonyms of delicacy

firmness, solidity

strength

Antonyms of delicacy

coarseness, crudeness, crudity, roughness, rudeness

3 the tendency to be or state of being squeamish

the urgent need for blood prompted many people to overcome their habitual delicacy and become first-time donors

Synonyms of delicacy

qualmishness, queasiness, squeamishness

Words Related to delicacy

daintiness, fastidiousness, finicalness, finickiness, fussiness

Near Antonyms of delicacy

boldness, gutsiness

Antonyms of delicacy

indelicacy

4 the quality or state of being very accurate

the delicacy of the watch movement is incredible

Synonyms of delicacy

accuracy, accurateness, closeness, exactitude, exactness, fineness, nicety, perfection, preciseness, precision, rigor, rigorousness, ultraprecision, veracity

Words Related to delicacy

correctness, fidelity, rightness, strictness, truth

definiteness, definitiveness, definitude, determinacy

nicety, subtlety

care, carefulness, fastidiousness, meticulousness, persnicketiness

Near Antonyms of delicacy

approximation, roundness

falseness, falsity, incorrectness, wrongness

carelessness, guesswork, looseness

indefiniteness, vagueness

Antonyms of delicacy

coarseness, impreciseness, imprecision, inaccuracy, inexactitude, inexactness, roughness

5 the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor

all of her life the shy poet gave the appearance of extreme delicacy

Synonyms of delicacy

asthenia, debilitation, debility, enervation, enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness, fragility, frailness, frailty, infirmity, languidness, languor, listlessness, lowness, weakness, wimpiness

Words Related to delicacy

decay, decrepitude

breakdown, collapse, prostration

exhaustion, fatigue, lassitude, weariness

defenselessness, helplessness, impotence, impuissance, powerlessness

effeteness, softness, tenderness

disablement, incapacitation, invalidism

damage, harm, hurt, impairment, injury

Near Antonyms of delicacy

energy, vitality

brawniness, fitness, heftiness, huskiness, lustiness, muscularity, virility

hardness, ruggedness, stoutness, sturdiness,

Synonyms and Antonyms of delicacy

WORD OF THE DAY

convivial