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Results for: "delicate"

Translating from English to Italian

Translations:

delicate — easily damaged or requiring careful handling
→ delicato
→ difficile
delicate — characterized by a fine structure or thin lines
→ gracile
→ delicato

More translations:

delicate
→ delicato
delicate
→ fine
delicate
→ fragile
delicate
→ gracile
delicate
→ piacevole
delicate
→ tenue
delicate
→ leggero
delicate
→ acuto
delicate
→ sensibile
delicate
→ difficile
delicate
→ che richiede tatto
delicate
→ scelto
delicate
→ raffinato
delicate
→ esile
delicate
→ elegante
delicate
→ lieve
delicate
→ malfermo
delicate
→ minuto
delicate
→ scottante
delicate
→ sericeo
delicate
→ sottile

English definitions WordNet

ADJECTIVE 7

  1. exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury

    • “a delicate violin passage”
    • “delicate china”
    • “a delicate flavor”
    • “the delicate wing of a butterfly”

  2. marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique

    • “a surgeon's delicate touch”

  3. easily broken or damaged or destroyed

    • “a kite too delicate to fly safely”
    • “fragile porcelain plates”
    • “fragile old bones”
    • “a frail craft”
    Synonymsfragilefrail
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  1. easily hurt

    • “soft hands”
    • “a baby's delicate skin”
    Synonymssoft

  2. developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety

    • “the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense”
    Synonymsfinespun

  3. difficult to handle; requiring great tact

    • “delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter”
    • “a touchy subject”
    Synonymsticklishtouchy

  4. of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely

    • “almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments”