dainty
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
something considered choice to eat
Types & categories
- nourishment hypernym
- choice morsel hyponym
- savoury hyponym
- confection hyponym
- nectar hyponym
- jelly hyponym
- bone marrow hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
affectedly dainty or refined
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
delicately beautiful
a dainty teacup
Related & opposite
Sense 4 adjective
especially pleasing to the taste
a dainty dish to set before a kind
Related & opposite
Sense 5 adjective
excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
Related & opposite
- squeamishness derivation
- queasiness derivation
- fastidious similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | regale |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dainty |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | nourishment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | choice morsel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | savoury |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | confection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nectar |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | jelly |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bone marrow |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | primness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | refined |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | delicacy |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | delicate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | treat |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | tasty |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | squeamishness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | queasiness |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | fastidious |