| delicate | | |
| adj. | 1. delicate | exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury.; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly" |
| ~ dainty, exquisite | delicately beautiful.; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo" |
| ~ gossamer, ethereal | characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy.; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing" |
| ~ fragile | vulnerably delicate.; "she has the fragile beauty of youth" |
| ~ light-handed | having a metaphorically delicate touch.; "the translation is...light-handed...and generally unobtrusive" |
| ~ overdelicate | extremely delicate.; "an overdelicate digestive system" |
| ~ pastel | lacking in body or vigor.; "faded pastel charms of the naive music" |
| ~ tender | (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition.; "tender green shoots" |
| ~ breakable | capable of being broken or damaged.; "earthenware pottery is breakable"; "breakable articles should be packed carefully" |
| ~ frail | physically weak.; "an invalid's frail body" |
| ~ weak | wanting in physical strength.; "a weak pillar" |
| adj. | 2. delicate | marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique.; "a surgeon's delicate touch" |
| ~ skilled | having or showing or requiring special skill.; "only the most skilled gymnasts make an Olympic team"; "a skilled surgeon has many years of training and experience"; "a skilled reconstruction of her damaged elbow"; "a skilled trade" |
| adj. | 3. delicate, fragile, frail | easily broken or damaged or destroyed.; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft" |
| ~ breakable | capable of being broken or damaged.; "earthenware pottery is breakable"; "breakable articles should be packed carefully" |
| adj. | 4. delicate, soft | easily hurt.; "soft hands"; "a baby's delicate skin" |
| ~ untoughened, tender | physically untoughened.; "tender feet" |
| adj. | 5. delicate, finespun | developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety.; "the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense" |
| ~ refined | (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel.; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste" |
| adj. | 6. delicate, ticklish, touchy | difficult to handle; requiring great tact.; "delicate negotiations with the big powers"; "hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject" |
| ~ difficult, hard | not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure.; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?" |
| adj. | 7. delicate | of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely.; "almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments" |
| ~ sensitive | responsive to physical stimuli.; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light" |
| mellow | | |
| v. (change) | 1. mellow | soften, make mellow.; "Age and experience mellowed him over the years" |
| ~ mellow | make or grow (more) mellow.; "These apples need to mellow a bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit" |
| ~ mellow out, mellow, melt | become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial.; "With age, he mellowed" |
| ~ soften | make soft or softer.; "This liquid will soften your laundry" |
| v. (change) | 2. mellow, mellow out, melt | become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial.; "With age, he mellowed" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ mellow | soften, make mellow.; "Age and experience mellowed him over the years" |
| v. (change) | 3. mellow | make or grow (more) mellow.; "These apples need to mellow a bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit" |
| ~ soften | become soft or softer.; "The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it" |
| adj. | 4. laid-back, mellow | unhurried and relaxed.; "a mellow conversation" |
| ~ relaxed | without strain or anxiety.; "gave the impression of being quite relaxed"; "a relaxed and informal discussion" |
| adj. | 5. mellow, mellowed | having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging.; "a mellow port"; "mellowed fruit" |
| ~ ripe, mature | fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used.; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodied mature wines" |
| adj. | 6. mellow, mellowed | having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience.; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age" |
| ~ mature | characteristic of maturity.; "mature for her age" |
| adj. | 7. mellow | having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience.; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age" |
| ~ soft | compassionate and kind; conciliatory.; "he was soft on his children" |
| adj. | 8. high, mellow | slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana). |
| ~ drunk, inebriated, intoxicated | stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol).; "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated" |
| adv. | 9. mellow, mellowly | (obsolete) in a mellow manner. |
| ~ archaicism, archaism | the use of an archaic expression. |
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