Definitions

hairline

[hair-lahyn] / ˈhɛərˌlaɪn /

ADJECTIVE

delicate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delicious delightful elegant exquisite fragile gentle graceful mild rare soft subtle tender

WEAK

aerial balmy breakable choice delectable ethereal faint filmy fine fine-grained finespun flimsy fracturable frail frangible gauzy gossamery muted nice pale pastel recherché select shatterable shattery slight subdued superior

Antonyms

STRONGEST

callous crude firm hard harsh healthy horrible loud ordinary rough strong tough ugly unpleasant violent

WEAK

coarse healthful heavy imprecise indelicate indiscriminating inelegant insensitive robust uncareful uncritical unscrupulous

ADJECTIVE

fine

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delicate intelligent obscure pure refined sharp subtle

STRONG

acute clear hairsplitting keen minute nice petty quick sensitive sterling trifling

WEAK

abstruse critical cryptic distinct enigmatic esoteric fastidious fine-spun precise recondite strict tasteful tenuous unadulterated unpolluted

Antonyms

STRONGEST

forthright indefinite

STRONG

blunt dull imprecise

WEAK

coarse crude undiscriminating unrefined

ADJECTIVE

subtle

Synonyms

STRONGEST

exquisite faint indirect ingenious profound slight sophisticated understated

WEAK

attenuate attenuated deep discriminating ethereal fine finespun hairsplitting illusive implied inconspicuous indistinct inferred insinuated mental penetrating refined suggestive tenuous thin

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignorant stupid

WEAK

forthright hard harsh honest noisy open unsubtle

Example Sentences

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Hairline cracks, such as the ones you’re seeing, can also develop because of rapid changes in temperature.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2022

Hairline fractures worked their way slowly through the stone.

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2016

Hairline strokes briskly twist to form an umbrella on a large piece of paper.

From Washington Post • May 6, 2016

Hairline cracks were also showing up in parts meant for car noses.

From Washington Post

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