daintier

ADJECTIVE

delicate, fragile, fine

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cute elegant ethereal exquisite graceful lacy neat petite tasteful tasty

STRONG

choice darling delicious fair frail light lovely nice pleasing savory superior sweet tender trim

WEAK

airy attractive beautiful bonny charming comely delectable delightful diaphanous feeble palatable precious pretty rare recherché refined select soft subtle thin toothsome well-made

Antonyms

STRONGEST

crude tasteless ugly unrefined unsophisticated

STRONG

bad dark disagreeable distasteful horrible inferior poor repulsive rough unpleasant

WEAK

accepting clumsy coarse easy harsh heavy

ADJECTIVE

finicky, particular

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delicate fussy tasteful

STRONG

acute nice

WEAK

choosy fastidious finical finicking mincing perceptive persnickety refined scrupulous

Antonyms

STRONGEST

uncritical

WEAK

accepting clumsy coarse easy harsh heavy rough

Example Sentences

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daintier

Botox is now injected behind the ears to tilt them forward, creating the illusion of a smaller, daintier face.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2025

The song “Firefly” starts off a little slower, a swoon-worthy saxophone partnered with a dainty piano and even daintier triangle.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2023

With resignation, Pemberton forked over a relatively merciful $87 to fill her slightly daintier truck.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2022

Then her mistress handed her off to her mother and began carting around her daintier public replacement, Bambi.

From Salon ● Nov. 17, 2021

Maybe Joanna was a bad girl but certainly she kept her baby sweeter and daintier than these good women kept theirs.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith