Definition of Delicate

Adjective

• of an instrument or device
  capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely
  "almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments"
  
• difficult to handle
  requiring great tact
  "delicate negotiations with the big powers"
  "hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"
  "a touchy subject"
  ticklish touchy
• developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
  "the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense"
  finespun
• easily hurt
  "soft hands"
  "a baby's delicate skin"
  soft
• easily broken or damaged or destroyed
  "a kite too delicate to fly safely"
  "fragile porcelain plates"
  "fragile old bones"
  "a frail craft"
  fragile frail
• marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique
  "a surgeon's delicate touch"
  
• exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing
  susceptible to injury
  "a delicate violin passage"
  "delicate china"
  "a delicate flavor"
  "the delicate wing of a butterfly"
  

Word games points for the Delicate

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• Word Chums® score of the delicate (15)
• Words With Friends® score of the delicate (13)

Unscramble delicate

226 unscramble word found using the letters delicate.

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