Antonyms for delicacy
ˈdɛl ɪ kə sidel·i·ca·cy

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1. delicacy

   Antonyms:
   coarseness, rudeness, rawness, muchness, indelicacy, commons, necessaries, fare, physic, vigor, robustness

   Synonyms:
   nicety, dainty, mor, sel, refinement, tact, softness, luxury, modesty, scruple, sensitiveness, fragility

Matched Categories

1. • Elegance
   • Nutriment
   • Smallness
   • Sprightliness
   • Tact
   • Taste
   • Weakness

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1. daintiness, delicacy, finenessnoun

   the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance

   "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her features"

   Synonyms:
   daintiness, finesse, dainty, diplomacy, slightness, discreetness, fineness, airiness, treat, powderiness, fragility, kickshaw, goody, discretion, thinness, choiceness

2. dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treatnoun

   something considered choice to eat

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

3. delicacy, discretionnoun

   refined taste; tact

   Synonyms:
   daintiness, dainty, diplomacy, finesse, free will, circumspection, slightness, discreetness, fineness, airiness, treat, fragility, kickshaw, prudence, discretion, discernment, goody

4. delicacy, slightnessnoun

   smallness of stature

   Synonyms:
   daintiness, dainty, diplomacy, finesse, triviality, slightness, pettiness, discreetness, fineness, airiness, treat, slenderness, fragility, slimness, kickshaw, goody, discretion, puniness

5. fragility, delicacynoun

   lack of physical strength

   Synonyms:
   daintiness, dainty, diplomacy, finesse, frangibleness, slightness, breakability, fineness, frangibility, airiness, treat, fragility, kickshaw, goody, discreetness, discretion

6. delicacy, diplomacy, discreetness, finessenoun

   subtly skillful handling of a situation

   Synonyms:
   diplomatic negotiations, daintiness, finesse, dainty, diplomacy, statesmanship, prudence, circumspection, slightness, discreetness, fineness, airiness, treat, fragility, kickshaw, goody, discretion, statecraft

7. airiness, delicacynoun

   lightness in movement or manner

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

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1. delicacynoun

   Antonyms:
   indelicacy, coarseness, indiscrimination

   Synonyms:
   daintiness, fineness, frailty, refinement, fastidiousness, discrimination, sensitiveness, dainty, tidbit, junket

How to use delicacy in a sentence?

1. Shah Asad Rizvi:

   Dance is that delicacy of life radiating every particle of our existence with happiness

2. Boss Ning:

   Originally, people from other provinces across the country didn't know about our dog meat delicacy but after our restaurant was shown on TV, they all come and try it out.

3. Jonathan Swift:

   A footman may swear; but he cannot swear like a lord. He can swear as often: but can he swear with equal delicacy, propriety, and judgment?

4. Vladimir Pitulko:

   Indeed, these animals provide an endless source of different goods: food with meat, fat and marrow; fuel with dung, fat and bones; and raw material with long bones and ivory, they certainly would use them as food, especially certain parts like tongue or liver as a delicacy, but hunting for the ivory was more important.

5. Agnes Repplier:

   A villain must be a thing of power, handled with delicacy and grace. He must be wicked enough to excite our aversion, strong enough to arouse our fear, human enough to awaken some transient gleam of sympathy. We must triumph in his downfall, yet not barbarously nor with contempt, and the close of his career must be in harmony with all its previous development.

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