finicky

adj.挑剔的,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
finicky (adjective)
1.
extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards - a finicky eater
2.
requiring much care, precision, or attentive effort - a finicky recipe
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
finicky (adjective)
hard to please
SYNONYMS:
choosy ( choosey), dainty, delicate, demanding, exacting, fastidious, finical, finicking, fussbudgety, fussy, nice, old-maidish, particular, pernickety, persnickety, picky
RELATED WORDS:
hyperfastidious, overdemanding, ultrafastidious; discerning, discriminating, selective; insightful, knowledgeable; captious, carping, caviling ( cavilling), critical, faultfinding, hypercritical, overcritical; careful, meticulous, painstaking, punctilious, scrupulous; queasy ( queazy), squeamish; peevish, petulant, prickly, touchy; niminy-piminy, prim, prissy
NEAR ANTONYMS:
affable, breezy, carefree, devil-may-care, happy-go-lucky, lackadaisical, laid-back, low-pressure, relaxed; flexible, lax, loose; lenient, permissive; uncritical; indiscriminating, undiscriminating
undemanding, unfastidious, unfussy
« Back to Glossary Index