Dainty - English meaning

noun

A small dish of food or a drink taken before a meal or the main course of a meal to stimulate one's appetite.

Usage examples:

The meal started off with an assortment of appetizers including mini egg rolls and fried mozzarella

noun

A small amount of food eaten before a meal or as the first part of it

noun

A small amount of food eaten before a meal

Usage examples:

At 6.30 everyone gathered for drinks and appetizers in the lounge.

noun

A piece of confectionery; a sweet.

Usage examples:

Twentieth-century bonbons and sweets made in france include numerous regional specialities, traditi…

noun

A sweet that is soft in the middle

Usage examples:

She likes to sit on the couch eating bonbons.

noun

A tube of brightly coloured paper, given at christmas parties, that makes a noise when pulled apart by two people and contains a small present, a paper hat, and a joke

adjective

Making sure of avoiding potential danger, mishap, or harm; cautious.

Usage examples:

I begged him to be more careful

adjective

Giving a lot of attention to what you are doing so that you do not have an accident, make a mistake, or damage something

Usage examples:

Michael is a very careful worker., after careful consideration of your proposal, i regret to say th…

adjective

(of a person) careful to avoid potential problems or dangers.

Usage examples:

A cautious driver

adjective

Not acting quickly in order to avoid risks; careful

Usage examples:

Most doctors are cautious about advising you to have surgery., auto companies are taking a cautious…

adjective

Very careful about what you do or say and unwilling to take risks because you want to avoid possible problems

Usage examples:

Be cautious about sth/about doing sth businesses have become cautious about spending on technology.…

adjective

Taking excessive care when making a choice.

Usage examples:

She's become very choosy about food

adjective

Difficult to please because you are very exact about what you like

Usage examples:

She's very choosy about what she eats and drinks.

noun

An elaborate sweet dish or delicacy.

Usage examples:

A fruit confection

noun

A sweet food, especially one that is unusual or complicated

Usage examples:

This moist, beautifully decorated confection is perfect for a special birthday., she makes 25 varie…

noun

Something that has been created, especially something that has a lot of complicated details or decoration, or seems artificial or false

Usage examples:

She was wearing some sort of flouncy chiffon confection with frills blowing in the breeze., st basi…

adjective

Expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgements.

Usage examples:

I was very critical of the previous regime

adjective

Of the greatest importance

Usage examples:

Critical industries, what happens in the next 48 hours is critical., he was admitted to metropolita…

adjective

Extremely important to the progress or success of something

Usage examples:

Critical to/for sth logistics and distribution are critical to an e-commerce venture's success., cr…

noun

Fineness or intricacy of texture or structure.

Usage examples:

Miniature pearls of exquisite delicacy

noun

Something esp. rare or expensive that is good to eat

Usage examples:

A dinner of vietnamese delicacies, we need to discuss a matter of some delicacy.

noun

Something especially rare or expensive that is good to eat

Usage examples:

Great delicacy in some parts of the world, sheep's eyes are considered a great delicacy.

adjective

(of a task) requiring much skill or effort.

Usage examples:

She has a busy and demanding job

verb

Ask authoritatively or brusquely.

Usage examples:

‘where is she?’ he demanded

adjective

Needing a lot of attention, effort, or time

Usage examples:

I’m trying to learn english, and i find it very demanding.

adjective

Having or showing good judgement.

Usage examples:

The brasserie attracts discerning customers

verb

Recognize or find out.

Usage examples:

I can discern no difference between the two policies

adjective

Able to make or usually making careful judgments about the quality of similar things

Usage examples:

Marion is a discerning judge of good design.

adjective

Having or showing refined taste or good judgement.

Usage examples:

He became a discriminating collector and patron of the arts

verb

Recognize a distinction; differentiate.

Usage examples:

Babies can discriminate between different facial expressions

adjective

Able to judge the quality of something based on its difference from other, similar things

Usage examples:

A discriminating music lover, discriminating buyers/shoppers

adjective

Making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources.

Usage examples:

The exacting standards laid down by the organic food industry

verb

Demand and obtain (something) from someone.

Usage examples:

He exacted promises that another watergate would never be allowed to happen

adjective

Demanding a lot of effort, care, or attention

Usage examples:

All our aircraft meet exacting safety standards.

adjective

Intensely fashionable or popular for a short period of time.

Usage examples:

Superficial, faddish approaches to spirituality

adjective

Fashionable but not likely to stay fashionable for a long time

Usage examples:

Faddish diets are unlikely to work in the long term.

adjective

Elaborate in structure or decoration.

Usage examples:

The furniture was very fancy

verb

Feel a desire or liking for.

Usage examples:

Do you fancy a drink?

noun

A superficial or transient feeling of liking or attraction.

Usage examples:

This was no passing fancy, but a feeling he would live by

adjective

Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.

Usage examples:

She dressed with fastidious care

adjective

Having high standards and giving a lot of attention to details

Usage examples:

The restaurant offers elaborate food and fastidious service at high prices.

adjective

Giving too much attention to small details and wanting everything to be correct and perfect

Usage examples:

Fastidious about he is very fastidious about how a suitcase should be packed.

adjective

(of a person) fussy about their needs or requirements.

Usage examples:

A finicky eater

adjective

Giving too much attention to small details; hard to please

Usage examples:

A finicky dresser, a finicky eater

adjective

Not easily satisfied or pleased, and only liking or accepting particular things

Usage examples:

A finicky eater, if they change their product too much they may annoy finicky consumers., finicky a…

adjective

Fastidious about one's needs or requirements; hard to please.

Usage examples:

He is very fussy about what he eats

adjective

Not easily satisfied or pleased; worried or careful about unimportant details

Usage examples:

She’s really fussy about who she goes out with., kevin’s a fussy eater., my new dress is sophistica…

adjective

Not easily satisfied, or having very high standards about particular things

Usage examples:

All my children were fussy eaters., fussy about he's so fussy about the house - everything has to b…

noun

A good or favoured person, especially a hero in a book, film, etc.

Usage examples:

With several hundred children it was quite a lively show, especially when the baddie crept up on th…

exclamation

Expressing childish delight.

Usage examples:

Goody, we can have a party

noun

(often as a title prefixed to a surname) an elderly woman of humble station.

Usage examples:

The tale of goody blake and harry gill

noun

A state of great comfort or elegance, especially when involving great expense.

Usage examples:

He lived a life of luxury

adjective

Luxurious or of the nature of a luxury.

Usage examples:

A luxury yacht

noun

Great comfort, esp. as provided by expensive and beautiful possessions, surroundings, or food, or something enjoyable and often expensive but not necessary

Usage examples:

[ u ] a life of luxury, [ u ] a luxury hotel, [ c ] having an extra bathroom was at first a luxury,…

adjective

Showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.

Usage examples:

The designs are hand-glazed with meticulous care

adjective

Giving or showing careful attention to every detail

Usage examples:

A meticulous housekeeper, meticulous research, she meticulously planned every decorating detail.

adjective

Very careful to consider every detail in a process

Usage examples:

Meticulous about sth she was meticulous about keeping her expense receipts properly filed., a combi…

verb

Take small bites out of.

Usage examples:

He nibbled a biscuit

noun

An act or instance of nibbling.

Usage examples:

I'm distracted by a nibble on my line

verb

To eat something by taking a lot of small bites

Usage examples:

[ t ] ben stopped nibbling his apple., [ i ] keep vegetables handy to nibble on., [ t ] fish were n…

adjective

Used to single out an individual member of a specified group or class.

Usage examples:

The action seems to discriminate against a particular group of companies

noun

A detail.

Usage examples:

He is wrong in every particular

adjective

Special or single, or this and not any other

Usage examples:

Is there a particular restaurant you’d like to eat at?, what in particular (= special things) did y…

adjective

Fussy and hard to please.

Usage examples:

They are becoming increasingly picky about where they stay

adjective

See at pick

Usage examples:

A picky eater

adjective

With impurities or unwanted elements having been removed by processing.

Usage examples:

Refined sugar

verb

Remove impurities or unwanted elements from (a substance), typically as part of an industrial process.

Usage examples:

Sugar was refined by boiling it in huge iron vats

adjective

Made pure by removing unwanted material

Usage examples:

Regional exports include refined oil and copper., the hotel lobby reflects the refined taste of the…

adjective

(of food) belonging to the category that is salty or spicy rather than sweet.

Usage examples:

Fresh pineapple is useful in savoury as well as in sweet dishes

noun

A savoury dish, especially a snack or appetizer.

Usage examples:

Refreshments include cakes and savouries

adjective

Savoury food is salty or spicy and not sweet in taste

Usage examples:

A savoury dish/sauce/flavour, savoury dumplings/pancakes, a pie can be sweet or savoury., that hote…

adjective

(of a person or process) careful, thorough, and extremely attentive to details.

Usage examples:

The research has been carried out with scrupulous attention to detail

adjective

Easily made to feel sick or disgusted.

Usage examples:

I've always been squeamish about bugs

noun

An item of confectionery or sweet food.

Usage examples:

He hurried back to his room like a schoolboy who has stolen a sweetmeat

noun

A small piece of sweet food, made of or covered in sugar

noun

A small piece of tasty food.

Usage examples:

When you are out with your puppy always have a titbit in your pocket

noun

A small piece of interesting information, or a small item of food

Usage examples:

We learned all sorts of historical tidbits., she feeds her dog tidbits from the dinner table.

noun

A small piece of tasty food.

Usage examples:

When you are out with your puppy always have a titbit in your pocket

noun

A small piece of interesting information, or a small dish of pleasant-tasting food

Usage examples:

Our guide gave us some interesting titbits about the history of the castle., this magazine is full …

verb

Behave towards or deal with in a certain way.

Usage examples:

She had been brutally treated

noun

An event or item that is out of the ordinary and gives great pleasure.

Usage examples:

He wanted to take her to the pictures as a treat

verb

Apply a process to with the aim of preparing for a purpose