Delicate
Delicate adjective - Requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling.
Usage example: the delicate challenge of inviting two people who don't like each other to the same party
Nasty and delicate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nasty" instead an adjective "Delicate".
Nearby Words: delicacy, delicately
Nasty
Nasty adjective - Requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling.
Usage example: given the high-ranking people involved, it will be a nasty job to hammer out a compromise
Delicate and nasty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Delicate" instead an adjective "Nasty".
Nearby Word: nastily
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The Robin is one - EBD likes to describe her as 'delicate' - and Stacie Benson becomes one after a nasty accident on an excursion, although she gets better.
Source: Literature / Chalet School - In fics, of course, Barney's often a weepy, delicate, emotional, clingy thing with virginal vibes who's so hurt by any standoffish-ness from nasty old Ted/Robin/whoever's screwing him today.
Source: Wimpification
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