finicky
fin·icky
adj \ˈfi-ni-kē\Definition of FINICKY
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>
— fin·ick·i·ness noun
Examples of FINICKY
- My teacher is finicky about grammar.
- a complicated and finicky recipe
Origin of FINICKY
alteration of finicking
First Known Use: circa 1825
Related to FINICKY
Synonyms: choosy (or choosey), dainty, delicate, demanding, exacting, fastidious, finical, finicking, fussbudgety, fussy, nice, old-maidish, particular, pernickety [chiefly British], persnickety, picky
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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