Is your husband a picky eater?
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Picky
//ˈpɪki//
Synonyms for "picky" (56 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (28)
Adjective(5 words)
meticulousniceovercriticalpedanticperfectionistperfectionisticpersnicketypicpreciouspreciseprecisianisticpriggishprudishpunctiliouspuristicpuritanicpuritanicalscrupulousselectivesensitive
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Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
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Synonyms
8 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
6 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- придирчив adj (fussy, particular)
Catalan
1 entries- exigent adj (fussy, particular)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 挑剔 adj (fussy, particular)
Finnish
1 entries- nirso adj (fussy, particular)
French
1 entries- pointilleux adj (fussy, particular)
German
3 entries- anspruchsvoll adj (fussy, particular)
- pingelig adj (fussy, particular)
- wählerisch adj (fussy, particular)
Ingrian
1 entries- makjas adj (fussy, particular)
Italian
3 entries- esigente adj (fussy, particular)
- puntiglioso adj (fussy, particular)
- schizzinoso adj (fussy, particular)
Korean
1 entries- 까다롭다 adj (fussy, particular)
Luxembourgish
3 entries- glott adj (fussy, particular)
- kriddeleg adj (fussy, particular)
- pipeg adj (fussy, particular)
Māori
1 entries- wahakawa adj (fussy, particular)
Norman
1 entries- digoteux adj (fussy, particular)
Norwegian
1 entries- pirkete adj (fussy, particular)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- overnøyaktig adj (fussy, particular)
- pedantisk adj (fussy, particular)
Persian
1 entries- ضربه زننده adj (fussy, particular)
Polish
2 entries- grymaśny adj (fussy, particular)
- wybredny adj (fussy, particular)
Portuguese
1 entries- exigente adj (fussy, particular)
Romanian
3 entries- mofturos adj (fussy, particular)
- năzuros adj (fussy, particular)
- pretențios adj (fussy, particular)
Russian
2 entries- привере́дливый adj (fussy, particular)
- разбо́рчивый adj (fussy, particular)
Spanish
4 entries- mañero adj (fussy, particular)
- mañoso adj (fussy, particular)
- pejiguero adj (fussy, particular)
- puntilloso adj (fussy, particular)
Swedish
2 entries- kinkig adj (fussy, particular)
- kräsen adj (fussy, particular)
Ukrainian
1 entries- прискі́пливий adj (fussy, particular)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
You shouldn't be so picky about food.
Source: tatoeba (240698)
You shouldn't be picky about other people's work, you know?
Source: tatoeba (329005)
He's picky about suits and ties.
Source: tatoeba (387582)
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