overdelicate
- adjective
- /ˌoʊvərˈdɛlɪkɪt/
:
excesivamente delicado
- The overdelicate china was kept in a special cabinet.
Examples
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He criticized the overdelicate workmanship, saying it wouldn't endure daily use.
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Some critics are overdelicate about language and take offense too easily.
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After her illness, her appetite became overdelicate and she could only eat bland food.
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Her overdelicate nature made it hard for her to handle criticism.
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The overdelicate flowers in the garden require careful handling to prevent damage.
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His overdelicate health made it difficult for him to participate in vigorous activities.
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The artist's overdelicate brushwork created an ethereal effect in the painting.
Synonyms
188
3.8
Easily broken and needing gentle care
106
4.4
Careful about small details and hard to please
24
3.9
Easily annoyed and hard to please about small things
7
5.6
Easily upset by what others say or do
Too careful or polite to seem natural
Very careful and exact but too detailed to follow
Having very polite, fancy manners that seem fake and snobbish
Too careful about manners in an obvious fake way
A person who acts very fussy about small things like dirt or food and gets upset easily
Too worried about small details and hard to please
Giving too much attention to small, unimportant details
Antonyms
How Delicate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Overdelicate joins the prefix over- meaning 'too much' with delicate meaning 'fragile' or 'easily hurt', so it describes something or someone that is 'too sensitive' or 'too fragile'.