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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | simple, chaste |
| Synonyms: | classic, elegant, harmonious, pure, refined, restrained, symmetrical, understated, well-proportioned |
| Notes: | for classic, assume the meaning 'of the highest class' and 'typical, excellent as an example; timeless' and for classical 'pertaining to or characteristic of Greek or Roman antiquity or civilization' |
| Antonyms: | complicated, modern, unclassical |
| Main Entry: | soft |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | faint, temperate |
| Synonyms: | ashen, balmy, bland, caressing, comfortable, cool, cushy, delicate, diffuse, dim, dimmed, dulcet, dull, dusky, gentle, hazy, lenient, light, low, low-key, mellifluous, mellow, melodious, mild, misty, murmured, muted, pale, pallid, pastel, pleasing, quiet, restful, shaded, smooth, sober, soothing, subdued, sweet, tinted, toned down, twilight, understated, wan, whispered |
| Antonyms: | harsh, loud, rough, severe |
| Main Entry: | subtle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nice, quiet, delicate |
| Synonyms: | attenuate, attenuated, deep, discriminating, ethereal, exquisite, faint, fine, finespun, hairline, hairsplitting, illusive, implied, inconspicuous, indirect, indistinct, inferred, ingenious, insinuated, mental, penetrating, profound, refined, slight, sophisticated, suggestive, tenuous, thin, understated |
| Antonyms: | hard, harsh, noisy, unsubtle |
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