Appealing to refined taste

• fine

  1. Of superior quality, skill, or appearance:
  2. Excellent in character or ability:
  3. Very small in size, weight, or thickness:

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  1. Of superior quality, skill, or appearance:
  2. Excellent in character or ability:
  3. Very small in size, weight, or thickness:

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• exquisite

  1. Characterized by highly skilled or intricate art; excellently made or formed:
  2. Extremely or delightfully beautiful:
  3. Excellent or outstanding, especially by exhibiting or appealing to refined taste:

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  1. Characterized by highly skilled or intricate art; excellently made or formed:
  2. Extremely or delightfully beautiful:
  3. Excellent or outstanding, especially by exhibiting or appealing to refined taste:

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• elegant

  1. Characterized by or exhibiting refined, tasteful beauty of manner, form, or style.

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  1. Characterized by or exhibiting refined, tasteful beauty of manner, form, or style.

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• dainty

  1. Delicately beautiful or charming and usually small:
  2. Delicious; tasty:
  3. Fastidious or finicky:

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  1. Delicately beautiful or charming and usually small:
  2. Delicious; tasty:
  3. Fastidious or finicky:

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• choice

  1. The act of choosing; selection:
  2. The power, right, or liberty to choose; option:
  3. An alternative:

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  1. The act of choosing; selection:
  2. The power, right, or liberty to choose; option:
  3. An alternative:

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Not physically strong

• weakly

  1. Delicate in constitution; frail or sickly.
  2. With little physical strength or force.
  3. With little strength of character.

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  1. Delicate in constitution; frail or sickly.
  2. With little physical strength or force.
  3. With little strength of character.

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• weak

  1. Lacking physical strength, energy, or vigor; feeble.
  2. Likely to fail under pressure, stress, or strain; lacking resistance:
  3. Lacking firmness of character or strength of will:

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  1. Lacking physical strength, energy, or vigor; feeble.
  2. Likely to fail under pressure, stress, or strain; lacking resistance:
  3. Lacking firmness of character or strength of will:

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• unsubstantial

  1. Lacking material substance; insubstantial.
  2. Lacking firmness or strength; flimsy.
  3. Lacking basis in fact.

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  1. Lacking material substance; insubstantial.
  2. Lacking firmness or strength; flimsy.
  3. Lacking basis in fact.

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• unsound

  1. Not dependably strong or solid.
  2. Not physically or mentally healthy.
  3. Not true or logically valid; fallacious:

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  1. Not dependably strong or solid.
  2. Not physically or mentally healthy.
  3. Not true or logically valid; fallacious:

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• puny

  1. Of inferior size, strength, or significance; weak:
  2. Sickly; ill.

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  1. Of inferior size, strength, or significance; weak:
  2. Sickly; ill.

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• insubstantial

  1. Not firm or solid; weak or flimsy:
  2. Very small or negligible, as in importance, size, or amount:
  3. Lacking or appearing to lack substance or reality:

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  1. Not firm or solid; weak or flimsy:
  2. Very small or negligible, as in importance, size, or amount:
  3. Lacking or appearing to lack substance or reality:

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• infirm

  1. Weak in body or mind, especially from old age or disease.
  2. Not strong or stable; shaky:
  3. Lacking firmness of will, character, or purpose; irresolute.

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  1. Weak in body or mind, especially from old age or disease.
  2. Not strong or stable; shaky:
  3. Lacking firmness of will, character, or purpose; irresolute.

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• frail

  1. Physically weak or delicate:
  2. Easily broken or destroyed; fragile:
  3. Not strong or substantial; slight:

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  1. Physically weak or delicate:
  2. Easily broken or destroyed; fragile:
  3. Not strong or substantial; slight:

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• fragile

  1. Easily broken, damaged, or destroyed.
  2. Lacking physical or emotional strength; delicate:
  3. Lacking substance; tenuous or flimsy:

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  1. Easily broken, damaged, or destroyed.
  2. Lacking physical or emotional strength; delicate:
  3. Lacking substance; tenuous or flimsy:

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• flimsy

  1. Light, thin, and insubstantial:
  2. Lacking solidity or strength; easily damaged:
  3. Lacking plausibility; unconvincing:

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  1. Light, thin, and insubstantial:
  2. Lacking solidity or strength; easily damaged:
  3. Lacking plausibility; unconvincing:

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• feeble

  1. Lacking bodily strength; weak:
  2. Having little intensity or strength; faint:
  3. Having little capacity to withstand pressure or strain:

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  1. Lacking bodily strength; weak:
  2. Having little intensity or strength; faint:
  3. Having little capacity to withstand pressure or strain:

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• decrepit

  1. Weakened, worn out, impaired, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use.

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  1. Weakened, worn out, impaired, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use.

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Easily broken or damaged

• frangible

  1. Capable of being broken; breakable.

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  1. Capable of being broken; breakable.

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• fragile

  1. Easily broken, damaged, or destroyed.
  2. Lacking physical or emotional strength; delicate:
  3. Lacking substance; tenuous or flimsy:

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  1. Easily broken, damaged, or destroyed.
  2. Lacking physical or emotional strength; delicate:
  3. Lacking substance; tenuous or flimsy:

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• brittle

  1. Likely to break, snap, or crack, as when subjected to pressure:
  2. Easily damaged or disrupted; fragile:
  3. Difficult to deal with; snappish:

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  1. Likely to break, snap, or crack, as when subjected to pressure:
  2. Easily damaged or disrupted; fragile:
  3. Difficult to deal with; snappish:

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• breakable

  1. Liable to break or to be broken.
  2. An article that can be broken easily:

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  1. Liable to break or to be broken.
  2. An article that can be broken easily:

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Showing sensitivity and skill in dealing with others

• tactful

  1. Possessing or exhibiting tact; considerate and discreet:

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  1. Possessing or exhibiting tact; considerate and discreet:

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• sensitive

  1. Capable of perceiving with a sense or senses:
  2. Responsive to external conditions or stimulation; having sensation:
  3. Susceptible to slight differences or changes in the environment:

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  1. Capable of perceiving with a sense or senses:
  2. Responsive to external conditions or stimulation; having sensation:
  3. Susceptible to slight differences or changes in the environment:

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• politic

  1. Showing sound or pragmatic judgment; prudent; judicious:

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  1. Showing sound or pragmatic judgment; prudent; judicious:

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• discreet

  1. Possessed of, exercising, or showing prudence and self-restraint in speech and behavior; circumspect:
  2. Made, done, or situated so as to attract little notice:

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  1. Possessed of, exercising, or showing prudence and self-restraint in speech and behavior; circumspect:
  2. Made, done, or situated so as to attract little notice:

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• diplomatic

  1. Of, relating to, or involving diplomacy or diplomats.
  2. Using or marked by tact and sensitivity in dealing with others.
  3. Of or relating to diplomatics.

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  1. Of, relating to, or involving diplomacy or diplomats.
  2. Using or marked by tact and sensitivity in dealing with others.
  3. Of or relating to diplomatics.

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Requiring great tact or skill

• tricky

  1. Given to or characterized by trickery.
  2. Requiring caution or skill:

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  1. Given to or characterized by trickery.
  2. Requiring caution or skill:

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• touchy

  1. Tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive.
  2. Requiring special tact or skill in handling; delicate:
  3. Highly sensitive to touch. Used of a body part.

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  1. Tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive.
  2. Requiring special tact or skill in handling; delicate:
  3. Highly sensitive to touch. Used of a body part.

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• touch-and-go

  1. Dangerous and uncertain in nature or outcome; precarious; delicate:

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  1. Dangerous and uncertain in nature or outcome; precarious; delicate:

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• ticklish

  1. Sensitive to tickling.
  2. Easily offended or upset; touchy.
  3. Requiring skillful or tactful handling; delicate:

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  1. Sensitive to tickling.
  2. Easily offended or upset; touchy.
  3. Requiring skillful or tactful handling; delicate:

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• sensitive

  1. Capable of perceiving with a sense or senses:
  2. Responsive to external conditions or stimulation; having sensation:
  3. Susceptible to slight differences or changes in the environment:

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  1. Capable of perceiving with a sense or senses:
  2. Responsive to external conditions or stimulation; having sensation:
  3. Susceptible to slight differences or changes in the environment:

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Free from severity or violence, as in movement

• soft

  1. Yielding readily to pressure or weight:
  2. Easily molded, cut, or worked:
  3. Not tense and therefore capable of absorbing the impact of a ball or puck and of catching, receiving, or controlling it:

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  1. Yielding readily to pressure or weight:
  2. Easily molded, cut, or worked:
  3. Not tense and therefore capable of absorbing the impact of a ball or puck and of catching, receiving, or controlling it:

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• smooth

  1. Having a surface free from irregularities, roughness, or projections; even.
  2. Free from waves or disturbances; calm:
  3. Free from hair, whiskers, or stubble:

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  1. Having a surface free from irregularities, roughness, or projections; even.
  2. Free from waves or disturbances; calm:
  3. Free from hair, whiskers, or stubble:

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• mild

  1. Gentle or kind in disposition, manners, or behavior.
  2. Moderate in type, degree, effect, or force:
  3. Not extreme:

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  1. Gentle or kind in disposition, manners, or behavior.
  2. Moderate in type, degree, effect, or force:
  3. Not extreme:

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• gentle

  1. Considerate or kindly in disposition; amiable and tender.
  2. Not harsh or severe; mild and soft:
  3. Easily managed or handled; docile:

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  1. Considerate or kindly in disposition; amiable and tender.
  2. Not harsh or severe; mild and soft:
  3. Easily managed or handled; docile:

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• faint

  1. Done with little strength or vigor; feeble:
  2. So weak as to be difficult to perceive;
  3. Lacking clarity or distinctness:

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  1. Done with little strength or vigor; feeble:
  2. So weak as to be difficult to perceive;
  3. Lacking clarity or distinctness:

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• balmy

  1. Having the quality or fragrance of balm; soothing.
  2. Mild and pleasant:
  3. Eccentric in behavior.

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  1. Having the quality or fragrance of balm; soothing.
  2. Mild and pleasant:
  3. Eccentric in behavior.

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Able to make or detect effects of great subtlety or precision

• subtle

  1. So slight as to be difficult to detect or describe; elusive:
  2. Difficult to understand; abstruse:
  3. Able to make fine distinctions:

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  1. So slight as to be difficult to detect or describe; elusive:
  2. Difficult to understand; abstruse:
  3. Able to make fine distinctions:

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• nice

  1. Pleasing and agreeable in nature:
  2. Having a pleasant or attractive appearance:
  3. Exhibiting courtesy and politeness:

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  1. Pleasing and agreeable in nature:
  2. Having a pleasant or attractive appearance:
  3. Exhibiting courtesy and politeness:

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• fine

  1. Of superior quality, skill, or appearance:
  2. Excellent in character or ability:
  3. Very small in size, weight, or thickness:

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  1. Of superior quality, skill, or appearance:
  2. Excellent in character or ability:
  3. Very small in size, weight, or thickness:

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So slight as to be difficult to notice or appreciate

• subtle

  1. So slight as to be difficult to detect or describe; elusive:
  2. Difficult to understand; abstruse:
  3. Able to make fine distinctions:

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  1. So slight as to be difficult to detect or describe; elusive:
  2. Difficult to understand; abstruse:
  3. Able to make fine distinctions:

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• refined

  1. Free from coarseness or vulgarity; polite.
  2. Free of impurities; purified.
  3. Precise to a fine degree.

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  1. Free from coarseness or vulgarity; polite.
  2. Free of impurities; purified.
  3. Precise to a fine degree.

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• nice

  1. Pleasing and agreeable in nature:
  2. Having a pleasant or attractive appearance:
  3. Exhibiting courtesy and politeness:

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  1. Pleasing and agreeable in nature:
  2. Having a pleasant or attractive appearance:
  3. Exhibiting courtesy and politeness:

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• finespun

  1. spun or drawn out to extreme fineness; delicate; fragile
  2. extremely or overly subtle

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  1. spun or drawn out to extreme fineness; delicate; fragile
  2. extremely or overly subtle

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• fine

  1. Of superior quality, skill, or appearance:
  2. Excellent in character or ability:
  3. Very small in size, weight, or thickness:

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  1. Of superior quality, skill, or appearance:
  2. Excellent in character or ability:
  3. Very small in size, weight, or thickness:

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Dainty

• fine

  1. Of superior quality, skill, or appearance:
  2. Excellent in character or ability:
  3. Very small in size, weight, or thickness:

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  1. Of superior quality, skill, or appearance:
  2. Excellent in character or ability:
  3. Very small in size, weight, or thickness:

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• frail

  1. Physically weak or delicate:
  2. Easily broken or destroyed; fragile:
  3. Not strong or substantial; slight:

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  1. Physically weak or delicate:
  2. Easily broken or destroyed; fragile:
  3. Not strong or substantial; slight:

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• fragile

  1. Easily broken, damaged, or destroyed.
  2. Lacking physical or emotional strength; delicate:
  3. Lacking substance; tenuous or flimsy:

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  1. Easily broken, damaged, or destroyed.
  2. Lacking physical or emotional strength; delicate:
  3. Lacking substance; tenuous or flimsy:

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Sickly

• feeble

  1. Lacking bodily strength; weak:
  2. Having little intensity or strength; faint:
  3. Having little capacity to withstand pressure or strain:

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  1. Lacking bodily strength; weak:
  2. Having little intensity or strength; faint:
  3. Having little capacity to withstand pressure or strain:

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• in delicate health

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• susceptible

  1. Easily influenced or affected:
  2. Especially sensitive; highly impressionable:
  3. Permitting an action to be performed; capable of undergoing something:

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  1. Easily influenced or affected:
  2. Especially sensitive; highly impressionable:
  3. Permitting an action to be performed; capable of undergoing something:

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Needing careful handling

• precarious

  1. Dangerously lacking in security or stability:
  2. Subject to chance or unknown conditions:
  3. Based on uncertain, unwarranted, or unproved premises:

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  1. Dangerously lacking in security or stability:
  2. Subject to chance or unknown conditions:
  3. Based on uncertain, unwarranted, or unproved premises:

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• sensitive

  1. Capable of perceiving with a sense or senses:
  2. Responsive to external conditions or stimulation; having sensation:
  3. Susceptible to slight differences or changes in the environment:

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  1. Capable of perceiving with a sense or senses:
  2. Responsive to external conditions or stimulation; having sensation:
  3. Susceptible to slight differences or changes in the environment:

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• ticklish

  1. Sensitive to tickling.
  2. Easily offended or upset; touchy.
  3. Requiring skillful or tactful handling; delicate:

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  1. Sensitive to tickling.
  2. Easily offended or upset; touchy.
  3. Requiring skillful or tactful handling; delicate:

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• touchy

  1. Tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive.
  2. Requiring special tact or skill in handling; delicate:
  3. Highly sensitive to touch. Used of a body part.

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  1. Tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive.
  2. Requiring special tact or skill in handling; delicate:
  3. Highly sensitive to touch. Used of a body part.

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Having fine sensibilities

• fastidious

  1. Showing or acting with careful attention to detail:
  2. Difficult to please; exacting:
  3. Excessively scrupulous or sensitive, as in taste, propriety, or neatness:

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  1. Showing or acting with careful attention to detail:
  2. Difficult to please; exacting:
  3. Excessively scrupulous or sensitive, as in taste, propriety, or neatness:

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• sensitive

  1. Capable of perceiving with a sense or senses:
  2. Responsive to external conditions or stimulation; having sensation:
  3. Susceptible to slight differences or changes in the environment:

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  1. Capable of perceiving with a sense or senses:
  2. Responsive to external conditions or stimulation; having sensation:
  3. Susceptible to slight differences or changes in the environment:

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• tactful

  1. Possessing or exhibiting tact; considerate and discreet:

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  1. Possessing or exhibiting tact; considerate and discreet:

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• gentle

  1. Considerate or kindly in disposition; amiable and tender.
  2. Not harsh or severe; mild and soft:
  3. Easily managed or handled; docile:

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  1. Considerate or kindly in disposition; amiable and tender.
  2. Not harsh or severe; mild and soft:
  3. Easily managed or handled; docile:

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