1
[ adjective ] intense or sharp

Synonyms

keen

Examples

"suffered exquisite pain" "felt exquisite pleasure"

Used in print

(Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)

Done in the modern style of a `` confession '' , Fink tells in exquisite detail how he came to know , and , more important , love his mother 's pet salamander , Alicia .

Related terms

intense

2
[ adjective ] of delicate composition and artistry

Synonyms

fine dainty

Examples

"a dainty teacup" "an exquisite cameo"

Related terms

delicate

3
[ adjective ] lavishly elegant and refined

Synonyms

recherche

Related terms

elegant

4
[ adjective ] of extreme beauty

Examples

"her exquisite face"

Related terms

beautiful

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Rhymes with

prerequisite requisite opposite closet posit opposite deposit transit composite composite visit

Phonetic and Homophones

EH1 K S K W AH0 Z AH0 T

Similar Spelling

exquisitely existent existence excused existential existing exist_by excusatory excise_tax Equisetales Equisetatae Equisetaceae

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