Main entry: delicate
Definition: exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
Usage: a delicate violin passage; delicate china; a delicate flavor; the delicate wing of a butterfly
Antonyms: rugged
Definition: sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring
Antonyms: tough
Definition: resistant to cutting or chewing
Definition: physically toughened
Antonyms: tough
Definition: not given to gentleness or sentimentality
Main entry: delicate, fragile, frail
Definition: easily broken or damaged or destroyed
Usage: a kite too delicate to fly safely; fragile porcelain plates; fragile old bones; a frail craft
Antonyms: unbreakable
Definition: impossible to break especially under ordinary usage
Main entry: soft, delicate
Definition: easily hurt
Usage: soft hands; a baby's delicate skin
Antonyms: tough
Definition: resistant to cutting or chewing
Definition: physically toughened
Antonyms: tough
Definition: not given to gentleness or sentimentality
Main entry: delicate
Definition: of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely
Usage: almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments
Antonyms: insensitive
Definition: not responsive to physical stimuli
Antonyms: insensitive
Definition: deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive
Main entry: delicate, touchy, ticklish
Definition: difficult to handle; requiring great tact
Usage: delicate negotiations with the big powers; hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter; a touchy subject
Antonyms: easy
Definition: posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
Antonyms: soft
Definition: yielding readily to pressure or weight
Antonyms: soft
Definition: compassionate and kind; conciliatory
Antonyms: soft
Definition: (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh')
Antonyms: diffuse, diffused, soft
Definition: (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected
Main entry: delicate, finespun
Definition: developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
Usage: the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense
Antonyms: unrefined
Definition: (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth
Antonyms: crude, unprocessed, unrefined
Definition: not refined or processed
Main entry: delicate
Definition: marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique
Usage: a surgeon's delicate touch
Antonyms: unskilled
Definition: not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency