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Exquisite

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Adjective

1. exquisite, keen

intense or sharp

Example Sentences:
'suffered exquisite pain'
'felt exquisite pleasure'

2. exquisite, recherche

lavishly elegant and refined

3. dainty, exquisite

delicately beautiful

Example Sentences:
'a dainty teacup'
'an exquisite cameo'

4. exquisite

of extreme beauty

Example Sentences:
'her exquisite face'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Exquisite

see synonyms of exquisite
adjective
1. 
possessing qualities of unusual delicacy and fine craftsmanship
jewels in an exquisite setting
2. 
extremely beautiful and pleasing
an exquisite face
3. 
outstanding or excellent
an exquisite victory
4. 
sensitive; discriminating
exquisite taste
5. 
fastidious and refined
6. 
intense or sharp in feeling
exquisite pleasure
exquisite pain
noun
7. obsolete
a dandy

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Exquisite

see synonyms of exquisite
adjective
1. 
carefully done or elaborately made
an exquisite design
2. 
very beautiful or lovely, esp. in a delicate or carefully wrought way
exquisite lace
3. 
of highest quality; consummate
exquisite technique
4. 
highly sensitive; keenly discriminating; fastidious
an exquisite ear for music
5. 
sharply intense; keen
exquisite pain
noun
6. 
a person who makes a great show of being refined and fastidious in matters of taste, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Exquisite

see synonyms of exquisite
adj.
1.
a. Characterized by highly skilled or intricate art; excellently made or formed: an exquisite gold chalice.
b. Extremely or delightfully beautiful: the exquisite colors of a sunset.
2. Excellent or outstanding, especially by exhibiting or appealing to refined taste: "A guy who knew all the jazz spots and had an exquisite collection of old 78s" (Shirley Abbott).
3. Extremely subtle or precise: an image rendered in exquisite detail.
4. Intense; keen: exquisite delight; suffered exquisite pain.
5. Obsolete Ingeniously devised or thought out.
n.
One who is excessively fastidious in dress, manners, or taste.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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