dain·ty (d n t )adj. dain·ti·er, dain·ti·est 1. Delicately beautiful or charming; exquisite: "No dainty rhymes or sentimental love verses for you, terrible year" (Walt Whitman). 2. Delicious or choice. See Synonyms at delicate. 3. Of refined taste; discriminating. 4. Overly fastidious; squeamish. n. pl. dain·ties Something delicious; a delicacy. [Middle English deinte, excellent, excellence, from Old French deintie, from Latin dignit s, from dignus, worthy; see dek- in Indo-European roots.]dain ti·ly adv.dain ti·ness n. |
dainty [ˈdeɪntɪ]
adj -tier, -tiest
1. delicate or elegant a dainty teacup
2. pleasing to the taste; choice; delicious a dainty morsel
3. refined, esp excessively genteel; fastidious
n pl -ties
(Cookery) a choice piece of food, esp a small cake or sweet; delicacy
[from Old French deintié, from Latin dignitās dignity]
daintily adv
daintiness n
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  dainty - something considered choice to eat aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, victuals, nutrition - a source of materials to nourish the body confection, sweet - a food rich in sugar nectar, ambrosia - (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal jelly, gelatin - an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods bone marrow, marrow - very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones |
| Adj. | 1. |  dainty - affectedly dainty or refined refined - (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste" |
| 2. | dainty - delicately beautiful; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo" delicate - exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly" | |
| 3. | dainty - especially pleasing to the taste; "a dainty dish to set before a kind"; tasty - pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel" | |
| 4. | dainty - excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow" fastidious - giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness" |
dainty
adjective
1. delicate, pretty, charming, fine, slight, slim, elegant, trim, neat, refined, exquisite, graceful, petite, dinky (Brit. informal) The girls were dainty and feminine.
delicate awkward, coarse, clumsy, ungainly, gauche, uncouth, inelegant, maladroit
delicate awkward, coarse, clumsy, ungainly, gauche, uncouth, inelegant, maladroit
3. particular, nice, refined, fussy, scrupulous, fastidious, choosy, picky (informal), finicky, anal retentive, finical They cater for a range of tastes, from the dainty to the extravagant.
Translations
dainty [ˈdeɪntɪ]
dainty [ˈdeɪnti] adj [hand, foot, face] → délicat(e), mignon(ne); [flower] → délicat(e), joli(e); [handkerchief, socks, apron] → adorable
dainty
adj (+er)
n → Leckerei f
dainty [ˈdeɪntɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (person, figure) → minuto/a; (child, manners) → aggraziato/a; (flowers, gesture) → delicato/a, grazioso/a; (dishes, food) → delicato/a; (dress, shoes) → grazioso/a
dainty [ˈdeɪntɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (person, figure) → minuto/a; (child, manners) → aggraziato/a; (flowers, gesture) → delicato/a, grazioso/a; (dishes, food) → delicato/a; (dress, shoes) → grazioso/a
dainty [ˈdeɪntɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (person, figure) → minuto/a; (child, manners) → aggraziato/a; (flowers, gesture) → delicato/a, grazioso/a; (dishes, food) → delicato/a; (dress, shoes) → grazioso/a
adj dainty [ˈdeinti]
small or fragile and attractive a dainty little girl. keurig, fyn, netjies سَهْل الكَسْر، وَسيم، أنيق крехък něžný, líbezný yndig; lækker zierlich λεπτεπίλεπτος, κομψός fino, delicado habras خوشگل؛ ظریف siro mignon יָפֶה וְעָדִין रुचिर, सुहावना nježan, osjetljiv kecses mungil fallega fíngerður grazioso きゃしゃな 우아하고 가냘픈 dailus glezns; trausls; izsmalcināts ayu sierlijk liten og søt, tander filigranowy delicado delicat изящный ľúbezný, nežný ljubek ljubak utsökt, nätt, späd งดงาม narin, zarif 秀麗的，優雅的 витончений نفیس یا نازک اور سبک رو dễ thương 秀丽的，优雅的
adv daintily
keurig, fyntjies, kieskeurig بِوَسامَه، بِأَناقَه крехко něžně, líbezně yndigt; yndefuldt; lækkert zierlich λεπτεπίλεπτα, κομψά delicadamente hapralt با ظرافت و زیبایی sirosti délicatement עָדִין וְחִינָנִי कोमलतापूर्वक nježno, osjetljivo finoman, kecsesen sedikit-sedikit með næmni, með lipurð delicatamente 優美に 작고 깜찍하게 dailiai glezni; trausli; izsmalcināti dengan ayunya sierlijk søtt filigranowo delicadamente cu delicateţe изящно delikátne ljubko ljupko utsökt, förtjusande อย่างพิถีพิถัน zerafetle, nazikâne 精致地，優雅地 витончено نفاست سے، نزاکت سے một cách xinh đẹp 精致地，优雅地
n daintiness
keurigheid, fynheid, kieskeurigheid وَسامَه، أناقَه крехкост vábnost, líbeznost yndighed; yndefuldhed die Zierlichkeit κομψότητα delicadeza haprus زیبایی؛ لطافت sirous délicatesse חִינָנִיוּת सुथरापन nježnost, delikatnost finomság kemungilan næmni, lipurð delicatezza きゃしゃ 작고 깜찍함 dailumas gleznums; trauslums; izsmalcinātība keayuan sierlijkheid kresenhet, tanderhet, sirlighet filigranowość delicadeza delicateţe изящество ľúbeznosť ljubkost ljupkost utsökthet ความงดงาม zerafet, nezaket 優美，精致，優雅 витонченість نفاست، خوش ذوقی vẻ thanh nhã; vị ngon lành 优美，精致，优雅
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