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Defenition of the word dainty

    • Defenition of the word dainty

      • An especially delicious comestible.
      • something considered choice to eat
      • of delicate composition and artistry; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo"; "fine china and crystal"
      • affectedly dainty or refined
      • excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow"
      • especially pleasing to the taste; "a dainty dish to set before a kind"; "a tasty morsel"
      • of delicate composition and artistry; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo"
      • delicately beautiful
      • excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
      • especially pleasing to the taste

    Synonyms for the word dainty

      • deft
      • delicacy
      • delicate
      • elegant
      • exquisite
      • fine
      • goody
      • graceful
      • kickshaw
      • mincing
      • neat
      • nice
      • niminy-piminy
      • overnice
      • petite
      • pretty
      • prim
      • prissy
      • refined
      • squeamish
      • tasty
      • treat
      • twee

    Similar words in the dainty

      • dainty
      • delicate
      • fastidious
      • refined
      • tasteful

    Hyponyms for the word dainty

      • ambrosia
      • bone marrow
      • choice morsel
      • confection
      • confectionery
      • gelatin
      • jelly
      • marrow
      • nectar
      • savory
      • savoury
      • sweet
      • tidbit
      • titbit

    Hypernyms for the word dainty

      • aliment
      • alimentation
      • nourishment
      • nutriment
      • nutrition
      • sustenance
      • victuals

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