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disapproving. difficult to please: a finicky eater. finicky about He's terribly finicky about his food. UK. needing a lot of attention to detail: Repairing watches must be a very finicky job. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Wanting everything to be right.
The meaning of FINICKY is extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards. How to use finicky in a sentence. Did you know?
These are words and phrases related to finicky. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of finicky. He's finicky about the way he keeps his accounts.
If you say that someone is finicky, you mean that they are worried about small details and are difficult to please.
Finicky definition: excessively particular or fastidious; difficult to please; fussy.. See examples of FINICKY used in a sentence.
Fastidious, fussy, picky, persnickety: these are all synonyms for finicky, and they all suggest someone with extremely exacting tastes and habits, someone almost impossible to please.
If you say that someone is finicky, you mean that they are worried about small details and are difficult to please.
Synonyms for FINICKY: careful, nice, persnickety, picky, particular, fussy, fastidious, demanding; Antonyms of FINICKY: undemanding, lackadaisical, affable, flexible, low-pressure, carefree, loose, lax.
Finicky Definition. Insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fastidious. A finicky eater. Too particular or exacting; overly dainty or fastidious; fussy. (informal) Demanding, requiring above-normal care. The lawnmower is a bit finicky in cold weather.
adj. fin·ick·i·er, fin·ick·i·est. Insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fastidious: a finicky eater. [From finick, a finical person, from finical.] fin′ick·i·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
