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adj. able to make fine distinctions; "a subtle mind"

adj. faint and difficult to analyze; "subtle aromas"

adj. difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul"

insidious, pernicious, subtle

adj. working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison"

astute, sharp, shrewd

adj. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"

excellent, first-class, fantabulous, splendid

adj. very good;of the highest quality; "made an excellent speech"; "the school has excellent teachers"; "a first-class mind"

inaudible, unhearable

adj. impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear; "an inaudible conversation"

dull, muffled, muted, softened

adj. being or made softer or less loud or clear; "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the muffled noises of the street"; "muted trumpets"

imperceptible, unperceivable

adj. impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses; "an imperceptible drop in temperature"; "an imperceptible nod"; "color is unperceivable to the touch"

unnoticeable

adj. not noticeable; not drawing attention; "her clothes were simple and unnoticeable"- J.G.Cozzens

dull, thudding

adj. not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; "the dull thud"; "thudding bullets"

bleached, faded, washed-out, washy

adj. having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors"

unwholesome

adj. detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking"

bad

adj. having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"

bad, risky, high-risk, speculative

adj. not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"

bad, unfit, unsound

adj. physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"

baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent

adj. exceedingly harmful

furtive, sneak(a), sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious

adj. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"

malevolent

adj. wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred; "a gossipy malevolent old woman"; "failure made him malevolent toward those who were successful"

discriminatory, invidious

adj. containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice; "discriminatory attitudes and practices"; "invidious comparisons"

malignant

adj. dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor)

fatal, fateful

adj. controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events"

deadly, deathly, mortal

adj. causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness"

somber, sombre, serious

adj. (unplayful)

deadly, lethal

adj. of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal weapon"; "a lethal injection"

corrupt, corrupted

adj. containing errors or alterations; "a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language"

immoral

adj. deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

evil

adj. morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds"

covert

adj. (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband; "a woman covert"

mortal(a)

adj. unrelenting and deadly; "mortal enemy"

poisonous, toxicant

adj. having the qualities or effects of a poison

penetrative, penetrating

adj. tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing; "a toxic penetrative spray applied to the surface"; "a cold penetrating wind"; "a penetrating odor"

apperceptive

adj. able to relate new percepts to past experience

understanding

adj. characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy; "an understanding friend"

observant, observing

adj. quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception

quick-sighted, sharp-sighted, sharp-eyed

adj. keenly perceptive or alert; "quick-sighted into the faults of the time"- Leonard Bacon

dainty

adj. especially pleasing to the taste; "a dainty dish to set before a kind";

ethereal, gossamer

adj. characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"

fragile

adj. vulnerably delicate; "she has the fragile beauty of youth"

easy, gentle, soft

adj. having little impact; "an easy pat on the shoulder"; "gentle rain"; "a gentle breeze"; "a soft (or light) tapping at the window"

half-hardy

adj. (of plants) requiring protection from frost; "half-hardy annuals"

light-handed

adj. having a metaphorically delicate touch; "the translation is...light-handed...and generally unobtrusive"- New Yorker

overdelicate

adj. extremely delicate; "an overdelicate digestive system"

pastel

adj. lacking in body or vigor; "faded pastel charms of the naive music"

tender

adj. (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition; "tender green shoots"

abusive

adj. characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment; "abusive punishment"; "argued...that foster homes are abusive"

bad

adj. capable of harming; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you"

deleterious, hurtful, injurious

adj. harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives"

calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous

adj. (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign

cataclysmal, cataclysmic

adj. severely destructive; "cataclysmic nuclear war"; "a cataclysmic earthquake"

catastrophic, ruinous

adj. extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin; "a catastrophic depression"; "catastrophic illness"; "a ruinous course of action"

counterproductive

adj. tending to hinder the achievement of a goal

prejudicial, prejudicious

adj. tending to favor preconceived ideas; "the presence of discriminatory or prejudicial attitudes in the white population"

mischievous

adj. deliberately causing harm or damage; "mischievous rumors and falsehoods"

nocent

adj. having a tendency to cause harm

stabbing, wounding

adj. causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a stabbing remark"; "wounding and false charges of disloyalty"

healthful

adj. conducive to good health of body or mind; "a healthful climate"; "a healthful environment"; "healthful nutrition"; "healthful sleep"; "Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance"

salubrious

adj. favorable to health of mind or body; "not the most salubrious campsite"; "one of the less salubrious suburbs"

beneficial, good

adj. promoting or enhancing well-being; "an arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries"; "the beneficial effects of a temperate climate"; "the experience was good for her"

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