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Persnickety synonyms

pər-snĭk'ĭ-tē

Paying great or excessive attention to personal tastes and appearance; fastidious:

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(Colloquial) Proud; arrogant; assuming; putting on airs of superiority.

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Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.

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open (antonym)

Completely obvious; blatant:

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too big for one's breeches

(used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; -Laurent Le Sage

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Very careful in choosing; highly selective.

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Requiring great care, effort, or attention:

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(Informal) Demanding, requiring above-normal care.

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Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle:

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(Microbiology) Having complex nutritional requirements.

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careful (related)

Attentive to potential danger, error, or harm; cautious:

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unfussy (antonym)

Not fussy; casual, undemanding, uncomplicated, etc.

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unconcerned (antonym)

Not worried, anxious or apprehensive.

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Delicately pretty or lovely

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(Archaic) Timid, fearful, overly cautious.

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Excessively fastidious or scrupulous.

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(Informal) Overly fastidious or exacting; fussy

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accept (related)

(Obsolete) Accepted.

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(Chiefly UK) Fussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious

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Alternative spelling of big-headed.

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Pompous; snobbish; inclined to turn up one's nose

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(used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; -Laurent Le Sage

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Ill-tempered, impertinent.

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Alternative spelling of stuck up.

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Petty, trivial; of little consequence; small and of little importance; picayunish;

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