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Synonyms & Antonyms of persnickety
- as she got older, she got more and more persnickety
Synonyms for persnickety
- choosy
- (or choosey),
- dainty,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- exacting,
- fastidious,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- fussbudgety,
- fussy,
- nice,
- old-maidish,
- particular,
- pernickety
- [chiefly British],
- picky
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Antonyms for persnickety
- lacked the patience to deal with such persnickety tasks as hanging wallpaper
Synonyms for persnickety
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- easy,
- effortless,
- facile,
- simple,
- smooth
Antonyms for persnickety
- his persnickety attitude lost him some friends when they found out what he really thinks of "their kind"
Synonyms for persnickety
- aristocratic,
- elitist,
- high-hat,
- potty,
- ritzy,
- snobbish,
- snobby,
- snooty,
- snotty,
- toffee-nosed
- [chiefly British]
Words Related to persnickety
- aloof,
- arrogant,
- bumptious,
- haughty,
- high-and-mighty,
- highfalutin
- (also hifalutin),
- high-handed,
- hoity-toity,
- huffish,
- huffy,
- imperious,
- lordly,
- overweening,
- peremptory,
- pompous,
- presumptuous,
- pretentious,
- supercilious,
- superior,
- toplofty
- (also toploftical),
- uppity
- biggety
- (or biggity)
- [Southern & Midland],
- bigheaded,
- egoistic
- (also egoistical),
- egotistic
- (or egotistical),
- prideful,
- self-conceited,
- self-important,
- self-satisfied,
- smug,
- stuck-up,
- swelled-headed,
- swellheaded
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“Persnickety.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persnickety. Accessed 27 Oct. 2020.
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The first known use of persnickety was in 1889
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