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old-maidish

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Synonyms & Antonyms of old-maidish

hard to please

an old-maidish teacher who required that every essay be written in very formal English

Synonyms for old-maidish

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

Words Related to old-maidish

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 for old-maidish

affable,
breezy,
carefree,
devil-may-care,
happy-go-lucky,
lackadaisical,
laid-back,
low-pressure,
relaxed

flexible,
lax,
loose

lenient,
permissive

uncritical

indiscriminating,
undiscriminating

Antonyms for old-maidish

undemanding,
unfastidious,
unfussy

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