"nuanced" meaning in English

See nuanced in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more nuanced [comparative], most nuanced [superlative]
Etymology: nuance + -ed Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|nuance|ed}} nuance + -ed Head templates: {{en-adj}} nuanced (comparative more nuanced, superlative most nuanced)
  1. Having nuances; possessed of multiple layers of detail, pattern, or meaning. Translations (having nuances): 具有細微差別的 (Chinese Mandarin), 具有细微差别的 (jùyǒu xìwéi chābié de) (Chinese Mandarin), 細緻入微 (Chinese Mandarin), 细致入微 (xìzhì rùwēi) (Chinese Mandarin), 精確 (Chinese Mandarin), 精确 (jīngquè) (Chinese Mandarin), 複雜 (Chinese Mandarin), 复杂 (fùzá) (Chinese Mandarin), vivahteikas (Finnish), nuancé (French), détaillé (French), nuanciert (German), dettagliato (Italian), нијансирана (nijansirana) [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), matizado (Spanish), detallado (Spanish), nyanserad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-nuanced-en-adj-r3vjLWV2

Verb

Etymology: nuance + -ed Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|nuance|ed}} nuance + -ed Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} nuanced
  1. simple past and past participle of nuance Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: nuance
    Sense id: en-nuanced-en-verb--ACJjPbb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 11 89

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