delicateness – Deutsch–English translations

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delicateness noun

  • the characteristic of being delicate
 Empfindlichkeit, Empfindsamkeit, Feinheit, Zerbrechlichkeit

delicate adjective

  /ˈdel.ɪ.kɪt/ , /ˈdɛl.ə.kɪt/ , /ˈdɛl.ɪ.kət/ , /ˈdɛl.ɪ.kɪt/
  • easily damaged or requiring careful handling
 empfindlich, heikel, schwierig
  • affected by slight causes
 empfindlich, hochempfindlich
heikel
  • of weak health, easily sick
 anfällig, schwächlich
  • 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
 behutsam, feinfühlig, taktvoll
  • pleasing to the senses; refined
 delikat, erlesen, köstlich
  • intended for use with fragile items
 empfindlich
  • highly discriminating or perceptive
 empfindsam, feinfühlig, wählerisch
  • characterized by a fine structure or thin lines
 feingliedrig, filigran, grazil, zart, zierlich
  • addicted to pleasure
 frohsinnig
  • light, or softly tinted
 leicht, sanft, zart
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