exquisiteadjective
uk/ɪkˈskwɪz.ɪt/us/ɪkˈskwɪz.ɪt/exquisite adjective (BEAUTIFUL)
C2 very beautiful and delicate:
an exquisite piece of china
Look at this exquisite painting.
She has exquisite taste.
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Attractive
- a sight for sore eyes idiom
- adorable
- aesthetic
- alluring
- angelic
- disarm
- distinguished
- dreamy
- easy
- elegant
- not be just a pretty face idiom
- ornamental
- photogenic
- photograph
- picture
- sylphlike
- well built
- winning
- winsome
- zaftig
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exquisite adjective (SHARP)
literary used to describe feelings such as pleasure or pain that are extremely strong, or qualities that are extremely good; great:
exquisite joy
The pain was quite exquisite.
a vase of exquisite workmanship
A good comedian needs to have an exquisite sense of timing.
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Physically strong and powerful
- (as) tough as old boots idiom
- almighty
- billy-o
- brute
- burly
- elemental
- high-octane
- invincible
- invulnerable
- muscle-flexing
- omnipotent
- overpowering
- reckon
- stout
- sturdy
- superhuman
- to be reckoned with idiom
- tough
- toughie
- unabated
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exquisitely
adverb uk/ɪkˈskwɪz.ɪt.li/us/ɪkˈskwɪz.ɪt.li/
Their house is exquisitely (= beautifully) furnished.
an exquisitely painful disease
exquisiteness
noun [ U ] uk/ɪkˈskwɪz.ɪt.nəs/us/ɪkˈskwɪz.ɪt.nəs/