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delicate adjective

  /ˈdɛlɪkət/
  • Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.
heikel, empfindlich, schwierig
  • Of weak health; easily sick; unable to endure hardship.
anfällig, schwächlich
  • (informal) Unwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol.
angeschlagen
  • Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful.
anmutig, grazil, zart
  • Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
anspruchsvoll, ausgesucht, delikat, erlesen, wählerisch
  • Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings.
behutsam, feinfühlig, taktvoll
  • Pleasing to the senses; refined; adapted to please an elegant or cultivated taste.
delikat, erlesen, frohsinnig, köstlich
  • Intended for use with fragile items.
empfindlich
  • Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes.
empfindlich, hochempfindlich
  • Highly discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite.
empfindsam, feinfühlig, wählerisch
  • Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines.
feingliedrig, filigran, grazil, zart, zierlich
  • Light, or softly tinted; said of a colour.
leicht, sanft, zart

delicateness

Zierlichkeit

delicateness noun

  • the characteristic of being delicate; fragility
Delikatesse
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