Synonyms & Antonyms : Dainty





Dainty



( Adjective )


A dainty child got the attention of all the people present in the function.

Synonyms:

Delicate

Charming

Elegant

Exquisite

Fine

Graceful

Neat

Petite

Pretty

Choice

Delicious

Palatable

Savory

Choosy

Fastidious

Finial fancy

Sweetmeat

Tidbit

Contextual Examples:

Only a very delicate thermometer can measure such changes in temperature.

She writes with great elegance and economy.

This is arguably the finest collection of paintings in Europe.

We managed to get the garden looking neat and tidy.

This dish is absolutely delicious with sour cream.

She is very choosy about whom she goes out with.



Antonyms:

Awkward

Clumsy

Coarse

Gauche

Inelegant

Maladroit

Uncouth

Ungainly

Contextual Examples:

The handle of this teapot has an awkward shape.

You clumsy oaf – that’s the second glass you’ve broken today.

A coarse, red-faced man yelled something across the road.

I find him terribly gauche.




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