No women like to wear a dress that another discarded. With men, they're not so choosy.
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Choosy
//ˈt͡ʃuːzi//
Synonyms for "choosy" (53 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (26)
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Synonyms
2 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
1 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 23 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐκλεκτικός adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
Bulgarian
2 entries- взискателен adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
- придирчив adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 挑三揀四 /挑三拣四 adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
- 挑剔 adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
- 精挑細選 /精挑细选 adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
Czech
1 entries- vybíravý adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
Dutch
1 entries- kieskeurig adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
Esperanto
1 entries- elektema adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
Finnish
3 entries- nirso adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
- ronkeli adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
- valikoiva adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
French
4 entries- difficile adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
- exigeant adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
- faire la fine bouche adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
- sélectif adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
Georgian
4 entries- მიზეზიანი adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
- მომთხოვნი adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
- პრეტენზიული adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
- წუნია adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
German
1 entries- wählerisch adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
Greek
1 entries- εκλεκτικός adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
Hebrew
2 entries- בררן adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
- בררנית adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
Hungarian
2 entries- finnyás adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
- válogatós adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
Icelandic
1 entries- kræsinn adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
Macedonian
2 entries- избирлив adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
- пребирлив adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
Malay
1 entries- pemilih adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
Polish
1 entries- wybredny adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
Portuguese
2 entries- exigente adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
- seletivo adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
Russian
3 entries- избира́тельный adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
- привере́дливый adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
- разборчивый adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
Sicilian
1 entries- sticchiusu adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
Spanish
3 entries- difícil de complacer adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
- exigente adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
- selectivo adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
Swedish
1 entries- kräsen adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
Tausug
1 entries- mapī' adj (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
We can't afford to be choosy now.
Source: tatoeba (1950656)
Don't be so choosy.
Source: tatoeba (3453437)
Tom is very choosy.
Source: tatoeba (3825735)
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