dainty

The word “dainty” has 2 syllables: dain-ty

It's pronounced as /ˈdeɪnti/

What is synonym and antonym for dainty?

In the thesaurus, “dainty” has 178 synonyms and 110 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for dainty along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for dainty

acute
agreeable
airy
ambrosial
appetizing
attractive
beautiful
better
bijou
bit
bonny
candy
captious
careful
carping
cate
caviling
cavilling
charming
choice
choosey
choosy
classic
comely
critical
cute
darling
delectable
delicacy
delicate
delicious
delightful
delish
demanding
dessert
diaphanous
digestible
discerning
discriminating
eatable
edible
elegant
elite
ethereal
exacting
excellent
exceptional
exclusive
exquisite
extraordinary
fabulous
fair
fancy
fastidious
faultfinding
fine
finical
finicking
finicky
first-class
first-rate
flavorful
flavorsome
fragile
frail
fussbudgety
fussy
goodie
goody
graceful
grand
gratifying
great
heavenly
high-grade
hypercritical
hyperfastidious
incomparable
insightful
jewellike
junket
kickshaw
knowledgeable
lacy
light
lovely
luscious
lush
marvellous
marvelous
meticulous
mincing
morsel
mouthwatering
neat
nice
niminy-piminy
noble
nuanced
old-maidish
outstanding
overcritical
overdemanding
painstaking
palatable
par excellence
particular
peerless
peevish
perceptive
pernickety
persnickety
petite
petulant
picked
picky
pleasant
pleasing
precious
preeminent
premium
pretty
prickly
prim
prime
prissy
punctilious
queasy
queazy
rare
refined
satisfying
savory
savoury
scrumptious
scrupulous
select
selected
selective
sensational
soft
special
splendid
squeamish
stellar
sterling
subtle
succulent
superb
superior
superlative
supernal
supreme
sweet
sweetmeat
tasteful
tasty
tender
terrific
tidbit
tip-top
titbit
toothsome
toothy
top
top-notch
touchy
transcendent
treat
trim
twee
ultrafastidious
ultrarare
unsurpassed
viand
well-made
wonderful
yummy

Antonyms for dainty

abhorrent
abominable
accepting
affable
average
awful
bad
banal
boring
breezy
carefree
clumsy
coarse
commercial
common
commonplace
crude
dark
deficient
detestable
devil-may-care
disagreeable
disgusting
distasteful
easy
fair
flat
flavorless
flexible
foul
gross
happy-go-lucky
harsh
heavy
horrible
horrid
indifferent
indiscriminating
inferior
insipid
kitsch
kitschy
lackadaisical
laid-back
lax
lenient
lesser
loose
low-grade
low-pressure
lowbrow
mass-produced
mediocre
medium
middling
miserable
nauseating
noisome
noxious
offensive
ordinary
permissive
poor
popular
raffish
relaxed
repellant
repellent
repugnant
repulsive
robust
rough
rough-hewn
run-of-mine
run-of-the-mill
run-of-the-mine
second-class
second-rate
sickening
smelly
stale
stinky
strong
sturdy
substandard
tasteless
tedious
ugly
unacceptable
unappetizing
uncritical
uncultivated
uncultured
undemanding
undiscriminating
unfastidious
unfussy
unpalatable
unpleasant
unpolished
unrefined
unsatisfactory
unsavory
unsophisticated
unwholesome
vulgar
wanting
wretched
yucky
yukky

Meanings of dainty

noun
1. A delicacy (in taste).
2. Esteem, honour.
3. (Prairies and northwestern Ontario) A fancy cookie, pastry, or square, typically homemade, served at a social event (usually plural).
4. An affectionate term of address.
adjective
1. Excellent; valuable, fine.
2. Elegant; delicately small and pretty.
3. Fastidious and fussy, especially when eating.

Example Sentences

She nibbled on the dainty pastries at the afternoon tea.
The delicate porcelain teacup held a single, dainty rose.
The bride wore a lace veil that added a touch of dainty elegance.
In her hand, she held a bouquet of dainty wildflowers.
The jewelry box contained an array of dainty necklaces and earrings.

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