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exquisite

exquisite

10 6.5
A very strong feeling of pain or pleasure
  • adjective
  • /ɪkˈskwɪzɪt/
translation icon : intenso
  • A thousand lifetimes up there is nothing to this one exquisite moment by your side.
  • exquisite sensitivity

And once that was stripped away, I just, I mean, the freedom from that way of being was so exquisite and, and deep.

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Examples

  • Exquisite relief from torture.

  • Holding hands, I'm conscious in my tendons, hair, and shoulders of exquisite happiness.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Denied us that exquisite joy.

  • Soon, you will feel the exquisite warmth of the beautiful flames before you.

  • It was the most exquisite moment of my life.

  • A letter of exquisite tenderness.

  • None of the books she had read had prepared her for the exquisite, draining pain of childbirth.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Only in deep sorrow and exquisite joy intertwined can we really see His heart.

    Blog text (24)
  • And the Shekhinah, at first angered by this impudence, will be swayed and seduced by his exquisite declaration of love.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • It was the most exquisite moment of my life, filled with happiness and joy.

Synonyms

intense
vsexquisite
573 3.7

A very strong feeling or quality you feel deeply

is intensely felt but stresses acute sharpness rather than general intensity
keen
vsexquisite
24 4.1

Felt very strongly, for example pain or desire

is intensely felt but highlights delicate acuteness rather than broad strength

Antonyms

33 3.4

Cause something to become less sharp, strong or bright

31 2.8

A thing that has no strong character and few interesting features

Compounds

Skill in choosing and enjoying very beautiful or high quality things like art

How Intense

overwhelming
423 4.4
acute
17 5.0
exquisite
10 6.5
noticeable
65 3.2
slight
594 1.2

Surface Forms

exquisite positive
exquisiter comparative
exquisitest superlative

Etymology

Exquisite also kept the idea of being sharply felt and comes from the same old Latin exquisitus with ex- 'out' and quaerere 'to seek', like a careful quest. That's why an exquisite pain or pleasure feels very sharp, intense, and deeply felt.