1. delicate

adjective. ['ˈdɛləkət'] exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury.

Rhymes with Delicate

• advocate
• affricate
• bacot
• basket
• becket
• biscuit
• blanket
• breadbasket
• brisket
• bucket
• calcutt
• callicutt
• casket
• certificate
• chilcott
• chilcutt
• circuit
• conn.
• connecticut
• cricket

How do you pronounce delicate?

Pronounce delicate as ˈdɛləkət.

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Sentences with delicate

1. Noun, singular or mass
You can use dish soap or laundry detergent intended for delicate clothing.

2. Adjective
Machine dry clothing on a low temperature setting, or hang dry if material is delicate.

Quotes about delicate

1. Of course it hurt that we could never love each other in a physical way. We would have been far more happy if we had. But that was like the tides, the change of seasons--something immutable, an immovable destiny we could never alter. No matter how cleverly we might shelter it, our delicate friendship wasn't going to last forever. We were bound to reach a dead end. That was painfully clear.
- Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

2. I'm quite obsessed with the idea of nailing the girl friendship. It's such an art, so delicate.
- Alanis Morissette

3. Hearts may break, but hearts are the toughest of muscles, able to pump for a lifetime, seventy times a minute, and scarcely falter along the way. Even dreams, the most delicate and intangible of things, can prove remarkably difficult to kill.
- Neil Gaiman, Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders

2. delicate

adjective. ['ˈdɛləkət'] easily broken or damaged or destroyed.

3. delicate

adjective. ['ˈdɛləkət'] marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique.

4. delicate

adjective. ['ˈdɛləkət'] developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety.

5. delicate

adjective. ['ˈdɛləkət'] difficult to handle; requiring great tact.

6. delicate

adjective. ['ˈdɛləkət'] easily hurt.

7. delicate

adjective. ['ˈdɛləkət'] of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely.