finicking

fin·ick·ing

adj \-kiŋ, -kən\

Definition of FINICKING

: finicky

Examples of FINICKING

1. <finicking drinkers will find the bar's trendy cocktails far too sweet>

Origin of FINICKING

alteration of finical

First Known Use: 1661

Related to FINICKING

Synonyms: choosy (or choosey), dainty, delicate, demanding, exacting, fastidious, finical, finicky, fussbudgety, fussy, nice, old-maidish, particular, pernickety [chiefly British], persnickety, picky

Antonyms: undemanding, unfastidious, unfussy

Related Words: hyperfastidious, overdemanding, ultrafastidious; discerning, discriminating, selective; insightful, knowledgeable; captious, carping, caviling (or cavilling), critical, faultfinding, hypercritical, overcritical; careful, meticulous, painstaking, punctilious, scrupulous; queasy (also 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

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