exquisite
- adjective
- /ɪkˈskwɪzɪt/
- 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.
- And once that was stripped away, I just, I mean, the freedom from that way of being was so exquisite and, and deep.
- You can have exquisite right chest or right shoulder pain from a gallbladder or liver issue.
Examples
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Exquisite relief from torture.
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Holding hands, I'm conscious in my tendons, hair, and shoulders of exquisite happiness.
Fiction book (1992) -
Denied us that exquisite joy.
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Soon, you will feel the exquisite warmth of the beautiful flames before you.
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It was the most exquisite moment of my life.
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A letter of exquisite tenderness.
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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
A very strong feeling or quality you feel deeply
Felt very strongly, for example pain or desire
Antonyms
Compounds
How Intense
Surface Forms
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.