persnickety
91painstaking — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. careful, particular, meticulous, scrupulous; diligent. See exertion, care. Ant., careless, sloppy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. scrupulous, exacting, meticulous; see careful . III (Roget s 3… …
92exacting — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. demanding, rigorous, precise; see critical 2 , difficult 1 , onerous , severe 1 . See Synonym Study at onerous . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [ig ZAK ting] extremely demanding. Defusing a bomb is… …
93hypercritical — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. overcritical, hard to please, faultfinding; see critical 2 , sarcastic , severe 1 . See Synonym Study at critical . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. overcritical, hard to please, severe, fussy, exacting, rigid, strict,… …
94selective — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. discriminating, scrupulous, particular; see careful , judicious . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. choosy, picky, discriminating, particular, fussy, finicky, *persnickety, discerning. ANT.: undiscriminating, *easy III… …
95picky — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. fussy, choosy, discriminating, finicky, hard to please, particular, fastidious, meticulous. ANT.: easy to please, undiscriminating II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Informal. Very difficult to please: choosy,… …
96finical — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Very difficult to please: choosy, dainty, exacting, fastidious, finicky, fussy, meticulous, nice, particular, persnickety, squeamish. Informal: picky. See ACCEPT …
97pernickety — per|nick|e|ty [ pər nıkəti ] adjective BRITISH INFORMAL PERSNICKETY …
98pernickety — [[t]pə(r)nɪ̱kɪti[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as pernickety, you think that they pay too much attention to small, unimportant details. [BRIT, INFORMAL] Customs officials can get extremely pernickety about things like that …
99pernickety — adjective BrE informal 1 worrying too much about small and unimportant things; fussy (1); persnickety (1) AmE 2 difficult to do because you have to deal with a lot of small objects; fiddly (1): Changing this fridge lightbulb is a pernickety job …
100careful — adjective 1) be careful when you go up the stairs Syn: cautious, heedful, alert, attentive, watchful, vigilant, wary, on guard, circumspect See note at vigilant Ant: careless …
