Exact Match:
- euphemistic
- of an inoffensive substitute for offensive terminology; "`peepee' is a common euphemistic term"
Related Words:
- affected,
- dainty,
- dandyish,
- delicate,
- effeminate,
- elegant,
- euphemistic,
- euphuistic,
- exquisite,
- fastidious,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- foppish,
- formalistic,
- fussy,
- goody good-good,
- goody-goody,
- la-di-da,
- namby-pamby,
- nice,
- overnice,
- overprecise,
- overrefined,
- particular,
- pedantic,
- pernickety,
- persnickety,
- precieuse,
- precious,
- precisian,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- pretentious,
- puristic,
- put-on,
- simpering,
- squeamish,
- stilted,
- too-too
- Gongoresque,
- Gongoristic,
- Marinistic,
- affected,
- artificial,
- chichi,
- elaborate,
- elaborated,
- elegant,
- euphemistic,
- euphuistic,
- exquisite,
- formalistic,
- goody good-good,
- goody-goody,
- hairsplitting,
- hypercritical,
- hyperelegant,
- hypersensitive,
- la-di-da,
- mannered,
- mincing,
- morbidly sensitive,
- namby-pamby,
- overconscientious,
- overcritical,
- overelaborate,
- overelegant,
- overfastidious,
- overmeticulous,
- overparticular,
- overprecise,
- overrefined,
- overscrupulous,
- oversensitive,
- oversqueamish,
- pedantic,
- precieuse,
- precieux,
- precious,
- precisian,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- pretentious,
- puristic,
- simpering,
- studied,
- ultracritical,
- unnatural
- formalistic
collapse - concerned with or characterized by rigorous or adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art); "highly formalized plays like `Waiting for Godot'" related words >
- accordant,
- anal,
- bourgeois,
- compulsive,
- concordant,
- conformist,
- conventional,
- conventionalized,
- corresponding,
- elegant,
- euphemistic,
- euphuistic,
- exquisite,
- extrinsic,
- formal,
- formalist,
- formulary,
- goody good-good,
- goody-goody,
- harmonious,
- impersonal,
- in accord,
- in keeping,
- in line,
- in step,
- kosher,
- legalistic,
- mincing,
- namby-pamby,
- nominal,
- orthodox,
- outward,
- overnice,
- overprecise,
- overrefined,
- pedantic,
- plastic,
- precieuse,
- precious,
- precisian,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- puristic,
- simpering,
- square,
- straight,
- stuffy,
- stylized,
- superficial,
- surface,
- traditionalist,
- uptight
- Lord Fauntleroy,
- Pecksniffian,
- Percy,
- Tartuffian,
- Tartuffish,
- Victorian,
- affected,
- bluenose,
- canting,
- chicken,
- cream puff,
- effeminate,
- elegant,
- euphemistic,
- euphuistic,
- exquisite,
- false,
- formalistic,
- goody,
- goody good-good,
- holier-than-thou,
- hypocritic,
- hypocritical,
- insincere,
- lily,
- mealymouthed,
- mid-Victorian,
- milksop,
- mincing,
- mollycoddle,
- namby-pamby,
- nance,
- nancy,
- oily,
- old maid,
- old woman,
- overnice,
- overprecise,
- overrefined,
- pantywaist,
- pedantic,
- pharisaic,
- pharisean,
- pietistic,
- pious,
- precieuse,
- precious,
- precisian,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- prig,
- prude,
- puristic,
- puritan,
- sanctified,
- sanctimonious,
- self-righteous,
- simon-pure,
- simpering,
- sissy,
- sniveling,
- unctuous,
- weak sister
- Babbitt,
- Middle American,
- Philistine,
- anal character,
- bluestocking,
- bourgeois,
- burgher,
- captious critic,
- compulsive character,
- conformer,
- conformist,
- conventionalist,
- elegant,
- euphemistic,
- euphuistic,
- exact,
- exquisite,
- formalist,
- formalistic,
- goody good-good,
- goody-goody,
- methodical,
- methodologist,
- meticulous,
- middle-class type,
- mincing,
- model child,
- namby-pamby,
- nitpicker,
- orderly,
- organization man,
- overnice,
- overprecise,
- overrefined,
- parrot,
- pedant,
- pedantic,
- perfectionist,
- plastic person,
- precieuse,
- precieux,
- precious,
- precise,
- precisianist,
- precisianistic,
- precisionist,
- precisionistic,
- punctilious,
- purist,
- puristic,
- scrupulous,
- sheep,
- simpering,
- square,
- stickler,
- teenybopper,
- traditionalist,
- trimmer,
- yes-man
- Sabbatarian,
- bigoted,
- censorious,
- choicy,
- choosy,
- conscientious,
- creedbound,
- critical,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- dogmatic,
- dour,
- elegant,
- euphemistic,
- euphuistic,
- evangelical,
- exact,
- exacting,
- exquisite,
- fastidious,
- firm,
- formalistic,
- fundamentalist,
- goody good-good,
- goody-goody,
- hard,
- hidebound,
- hyperorthodox,
- impliable,
- inexorable,
- inflexible,
- iron,
- ironbound,
- ironclad,
- ironhanded,
- literalist,
- literalistic,
- methodical,
- meticulous,
- mincing,
- muscle-bound,
- namby-pamby,
- obdurate,
- obstinate,
- orderly,
- orthodox,
- overnice,
- overprecise,
- overrefined,
- particular,
- pedantic,
- perfectionistic,
- picky,
- precieuse,
- precious,
- precise,
- precisian,
- precisianist,
- precisianistic,
- precisionist,
- precisionistic,
- priggish,
- procrustean,
- prudish,
- punctilious,
- purist,
- puritan,
- puritanic,
- puritanical,
- relentless,
- rigid,
- rigorist,
- rigoristic,
- rigorous,
- rockbound,
- scrupulous,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- simpering,
- staunch,
- stiff,
- straightlaced,
- straitlaced,
- strict,
- stubborn,
- unbending,
- uncompromising,
- unrelenting,
- unyielding
- overrefined
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- excessively delicate or refined related words >
- Gongoresque,
- Gongoristic,
- Marinistic,
- affected,
- allergic,
- anaphylactic,
- apparently sound,
- artificial,
- casuistic,
- chichi,
- colorable,
- deceptive,
- delicate,
- disingenuous,
- elaborate,
- elaborated,
- elegant,
- empathetic,
- empathic,
- empty,
- euphemistic,
- euphuistic,
- exquisite,
- fallacious,
- formalistic,
- goody good-good,
- goody-goody,
- goosy,
- hairsplitting,
- hollow,
- hypercritical,
- hyperelegant,
- hyperesthetic,
- hyperpathic,
- hypersensitive,
- illusive,
- insincere,
- irritable,
- itchy,
- jesuitic,
- la-di-da,
- mannered,
- mincing,
- morbidly sensitive,
- namby-pamby,
- nervous,
- overconscientious,
- overcritical,
- overelaborate,
- overelegant,
- overfastidious,
- overmeticulous,
- overnice,
- overparticular,
- overprecise,
- overscrupulous,
- oversensible,
- oversensitive,
- oversqueamish,
- oversubtle,
- overtender,
- passible,
- pedantic,
- philosophistic,
- plausible,
- precieuse,
- precieux,
- precious,
- precisian,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- pretentious,
- prickly,
- puristic,
- refined,
- responsive,
- sensitive,
- simpering,
- skittish,
- sophistic,
- sophistical,
- specious,
- studied,
- supersensitive,
- sympathetic,
- tactful,
- tender,
- tetchy,
- thin-skinned,
- ticklish,
- touchy,
- ultracritical,
- unnatural
- Gongoresque,
- Johnsonian,
- academic,
- accordant,
- affected,
- anal,
- arid,
- bedizened,
- bibliophagic,
- big-sounding,
- bluestocking,
- book-fed,
- book-learned,
- book-loving,
- book-minded,
- book-read,
- book-wise,
- bookish,
- booky,
- bourgeois,
- compulsive,
- concordant,
- conformist,
- conventional,
- conventionalized,
- convoluted,
- corresponding,
- declamatory,
- devoted to studies,
- didactic,
- diligent,
- doctrinaire,
- donnish,
- dry,
- dryasdust,
- dull,
- elegant,
- elevated,
- erudite,
- euphemistic,
- euphuistic,
- exact,
- exquisite,
- extrinsic,
- fastidious,
- finical,
- finicky,
- flamboyant,
- flaming,
- flashy,
- flaunting,
- formal,
- formalist,
- formalistic,
- formulary,
- fulsome,
- fussy,
- garish,
- gaudy,
- goody good-good,
- goody-goody,
- grandiloquent,
- grandiose,
- grandisonant,
- hair-splitting,
- harmonious,
- high-flowing,
- high-flown,
- high-flying,
- high-sounding,
- highfalutin,
- impersonal,
- in accord,
- in keeping,
- in line,
- in step,
- inkhorn,
- kosher,
- labyrinthine,
- learned,
- legalistic,
- lexiphanic,
- literary,
- lofty,
- lurid,
- magniloquent,
- mandarin,
- meretricious,
- meticulous,
- mincing,
- namby-pamby,
- nit-picking,
- nominal,
- orotund,
- orthodox,
- ostentatious,
- outward,
- overdone,
- overelaborate,
- overinvolved,
- overnice,
- overprecise,
- overrefined,
- overscrupulous,
- overwrought,
- owlish,
- pedagogic,
- pedantical,
- perfectionist,
- plastic,
- pompous,
- preachy,
- preceptorial,
- precieuse,
- precious,
- precisian,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- pretentious,
- professorial,
- professorlike,
- punctilious,
- puristic,
- quibbling,
- rabbinic,
- rhetorical,
- scholarly,
- scholastic,
- schoolish,
- schoolmastering,
- schoolmasterish,
- schoolmasterlike,
- schoolmasterly,
- schoolmistressy,
- schoolteacherish,
- schoolteachery,
- scrupulous,
- sensational,
- sensationalistic,
- sententious,
- showy,
- simpering,
- sonorous,
- square,
- stiff,
- stilted,
- straight,
- studious,
- stuffy,
- stylized,
- superficial,
- surface,
- tall,
- teacherish,
- teacherlike,
- teachery,
- teachy,
- tortuous,
- traditionalist,
- tutorial,
- uptight,
- vain
- Milquetoast,
- baby,
- banal,
- bathetic,
- bathos,
- beery,
- betwixt and between,
- big baby,
- bland,
- bleeding heart,
- breakable,
- brittle,
- cheap-jack,
- chicken,
- cloying,
- cloyingness,
- cobwebby,
- crumbly,
- crybaby,
- dainty,
- delicate,
- delicately weak,
- doormat,
- driveling,
- dull,
- dull tool,
- effeminate,
- elegant,
- euphemistic,
- euphuistic,
- exquisite,
- fair,
- fair to middling,
- fairish,
- flat,
- flimsy,
- formalistic,
- fragile,
- frail,
- frangible,
- gimcrack,
- gimcracky,
- goo,
- goody good-good,
- goody-goody,
- gooey,
- gossamery,
- gushing,
- gutless wonder,
- hearts-and-flowers,
- inane,
- indifferent,
- innocuous,
- insipid,
- invertebrate,
- jejune,
- jellyfish,
- jerry,
- jerry-built,
- lackluster,
- light,
- lightweight,
- maudlin,
- maudlinness,
- mawkish,
- mawkishness,
- mediocre,
- medium,
- meek soul,
- middling,
- milk-and-water,
- milksop,
- mincing,
- moderate,
- modest,
- mollycoddle,
- mush,
- mushiness,
- mushy,
- namby-pambyism,
- namby-pambyness,
- nebbish,
- nonentity,
- nostalgia,
- nostalgic,
- nostomania,
- nostomanic,
- of a kind,
- of a sort,
- of sorts,
- overnice,
- overprecise,
- overrefined,
- oversentimental,
- oversentimentalism,
- oversentimentality,
- oversentimentalized,
- pansy,
- pantywaist,
- papery,
- passable,
- pasteboardy,
- pedantic,
- precieuse,
- precious,
- precisian,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- puny,
- puristic,
- pushover,
- respectable,
- romantic,
- romanticism,
- sad sack,
- sapless,
- sappy,
- sentiment,
- sentimental,
- sentimentalism,
- sentimentality,
- sentimentalized,
- shattery,
- simpering,
- sissified,
- sissy,
- sleazy,
- slight,
- slop,
- sloppiness,
- sloppy,
- slush,
- so-so,
- soap opera,
- sob story,
- soft,
- softling,
- softy,
- sop,
- sticky,
- sweetness and light,
- tacky,
- tear-jerking,
- tearjerker,
- teary,
- tedious,
- tolerable,
- unsubstantial,
- vapid,
- weak sister,
- weakling,
- wishy-washy,
- wispy,
- womanish
- precious
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- of high worth or cost; "diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds are precious stones"
- extremely; "there is precious little time left" related words >
- Gongoresque,
- Gongoristic,
- Marinistic,
- absolute,
- admired,
- adored,
- affected,
- alembicated,
- angel,
- arrant,
- artful,
- artificial,
- babe,
- baby,
- baby-doll,
- beloved,
- beyond price,
- buttercup,
- cherished,
- cherub,
- chichi,
- chick,
- chickabiddy,
- choice,
- choosy,
- classical,
- complete,
- consummate,
- costly,
- crass,
- darling,
- dear,
- dearly beloved,
- deary,
- decided,
- definitive,
- doll,
- downright,
- duck,
- duckling,
- effete,
- egregious,
- elaborate,
- elaborated,
- elegant,
- esteemed,
- euphemistic,
- euphuistic,
- exact,
- expensive,
- exquisite,
- fastidious,
- favorite,
- finicky,
- flagrant,
- formalistic,
- fussy,
- glaring,
- golden,
- good as gold,
- goody good-good,
- goody-goody,
- gross,
- hallowed,
- held dear,
- high-priced,
- hon,
- honey,
- honey bunch,
- honey child,
- hyperelegant,
- idolized,
- inestimable,
- intolerable,
- invaluable,
- irreplaceable,
- la-di-da,
- lamb,
- lambkin,
- love,
- loved,
- lover,
- mannered,
- methodical,
- meticulous,
- mincing,
- namby-pamby,
- nice,
- of great price,
- orderly,
- ostentatious,
- out-and-out,
- outright,
- overdone,
- overelaborate,
- overelegant,
- overnice,
- overprecise,
- overrefined,
- particular,
- pedantic,
- perfect,
- persnickety,
- pet,
- petkins,
- picky,
- popular,
- positive,
- precieuse,
- precieux,
- precious heart,
- precise,
- precisian,
- precisianistic,
- precisionist,
- precisionistic,
- pretentious,
- priceless,
- pricey,
- prized,
- profound,
- pronounced,
- proper,
- punctilious,
- puristic,
- rank,
- rare,
- recherche,
- regular,
- revered,
- rich,
- scrupulous,
- shattering,
- shocking,
- showy,
- simpering,
- snookums,
- sophisticated,
- squeamish,
- stark,
- stark-staring,
- studied,
- sugar,
- superlative,
- surpassing,
- sweet,
- sweetheart,
- sweetie,
- sweetkins,
- sweets,
- the veriest,
- thorough,
- thoroughgoing,
- total,
- treasured,
- unbearable,
- unconscionable,
- undeniable,
- unequivocal,
- unmitigated,
- unnatural,
- unqualified,
- unrelieved,
- unspoiled,
- utter,
- valuable,
- valued,
- venerable,
- venerated,
- well-beloved,
- well-liked,
- white-haired,
- worthy
- exquisite
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- of extreme beauty; "her exquisite face"
- lavishly elegant and refined
- intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure" related words >
- Beau Brummel,
- accurate,
- acute,
- aesthetic,
- aesthetically appealing,
- agreeable,
- ambrosial,
- appealing,
- attentive,
- attractive,
- beauteous,
- beautiful,
- bewitching,
- blood,
- braw,
- buck,
- captivating,
- charming,
- chic,
- classy,
- close,
- clothes-conscious,
- conscientious,
- consummate,
- correct,
- cosmopolitan,
- coxcomb,
- critical,
- dainty,
- dandy,
- dapper,
- dashing,
- delectable,
- delicat,
- delicate,
- delicious,
- delightful,
- demanding,
- detailed,
- divine,
- dressed to advantage,
- dressed to kill,
- dude,
- elegant,
- enchanting,
- endowed with beauty,
- engaging,
- enravishing,
- enthralling,
- entrancing,
- errorless,
- euphemistic,
- euphuistic,
- exact,
- exacting,
- excruciating,
- exigent,
- extreme,
- eye-filling,
- fascinating,
- faultless,
- fetching,
- fine,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- finished,
- flawless,
- flowerlike,
- fop,
- formalistic,
- fussy,
- genteel,
- gilt-edged,
- glorious,
- golden,
- good,
- good to eat,
- good-tasting,
- goody good-good,
- goody-goody,
- graceful,
- gracile,
- gustable,
- gusty,
- handsome,
- heart-robbing,
- heavenly,
- heavy,
- immaculate,
- immense,
- impeccable,
- intense,
- intriguing,
- inviting,
- irreproachable,
- irresistible,
- jaunty,
- juicy,
- keen,
- likable,
- lounge lizard,
- lovely,
- luscious,
- lush,
- luxurious,
- macaroni,
- magnificent,
- marvelous,
- meticulous,
- mincing,
- minute,
- namby-pamby,
- narrow,
- natty,
- neat,
- nectareous,
- nectarous,
- nice,
- nifty,
- nobby,
- of gourmet quality,
- overnice,
- overprecise,
- overrefined,
- palatable,
- particular,
- pedantic,
- pleasing,
- poignant,
- posh,
- precieuse,
- precious,
- precise,
- precisian,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- prepossessing,
- pretty,
- pulchritudinous,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- puristic,
- rare,
- ravishing,
- recherche,
- refined,
- religious,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- ritzy,
- sapid,
- savorous,
- savory,
- scrumptious,
- scrupulous,
- scrutinizing,
- select,
- sensational,
- sensuous,
- sharp,
- simpering,
- sleek,
- smart,
- smug,
- snazzy,
- soigne,
- soignee,
- sophisticated,
- spiffy,
- splendid,
- splendiferous,
- spruce,
- sterling,
- strict,
- style-conscious,
- subtle,
- succulent,
- super,
- superb,
- supereminent,
- superexcellent,
- superfine,
- superior,
- superlative,
- swank,
- swanky,
- swell,
- taking,
- tantalizing,
- tasty,
- tempting,
- terrific,
- thrilling,
- titillative,
- toothsome,
- transcending,
- tremendous,
- tricksy,
- trig,
- trim,
- vivid,
- voluptuous,
- well-dressed,
- well-groomed,
- winning,
- winsome,
- witching,
- wonderful,
- yummy
- elegant
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- refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid"
- displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution; "an elegant dancer"; "an elegant mathematical solution -- simple and precise"
- suggesting taste, ease, and wealth related words >
- Attic,
- Babylonian,
- Ciceronian,
- Corinthian,
- advantageous,
- aesthetic,
- aesthetically appealing,
- apt,
- arabesque,
- artistic,
- attractive,
- august,
- auspicious,
- awe-inspiring,
- awful,
- barbaric,
- baroque,
- beauteous,
- beautiful,
- becoming,
- beneficial,
- benevolent,
- bon,
- bonny,
- braw,
- bueno,
- busy,
- capital,
- chaste,
- chic,
- chichi,
- choice,
- civilized,
- classic,
- classy,
- clear,
- clever,
- clothes-conscious,
- cogent,
- comely,
- commendable,
- cosmopolitan,
- courtly,
- cultivated,
- cultured,
- dainty,
- dapper,
- dashing,
- debonair,
- decent,
- decorous,
- delicate,
- deluxe,
- dignified,
- direct,
- discerning,
- discriminating,
- dressed to advantage,
- dressed to kill,
- easy,
- elaborate,
- endowed with beauty,
- estimable,
- euphemistic,
- euphuistic,
- excellent,
- expedient,
- exquisite,
- extravagant,
- eye-filling,
- facile,
- fair,
- famous,
- fancy,
- fashionable,
- fastidious,
- favorable,
- fine,
- finished,
- flamboyant,
- florid,
- flowerlike,
- flowery,
- flowing,
- fluent,
- formalistic,
- frilly,
- fussy,
- genteel,
- glorious,
- good,
- goodly,
- goody good-good,
- goody-goody,
- graceful,
- gracile,
- gracious,
- grand,
- grandiose,
- handsome,
- healthy,
- heavy,
- helpful,
- high-wrought,
- imposing,
- impressive,
- in,
- ingenious,
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