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1 pernickety
∎ to be pernickety about one's food être difficile sur la nourriture;∎ she's very pernickety about punctuality elle ne plaisante pas avec ou elle est très à cheval sur la ponctualité(b) (fiddly → job) délicat□, minutieux□ -
2 pernickety
pernickety (inf) [pəˈnɪkɪtɪ]( = fussy) pointilleux ; ( = hard to please) difficile* * *(colloq) GB [pə'nɪkətɪ] adjective1) ( detail-conscious) pointilleux/-euse ( about sur) -
3 pernickety
adjective* * *per·nick·ety[pəˈnɪkəti, AM pɚˈnɪkət̬i]he is \pernickety about his food er ist, was Essen angeht, sehr pingelig2. (tricky) heikelit's very \pernickety work die Arbeit erfordert Fingerspitzengefühl* * *[pə'nIkItɪ]adj (inf)pingelig (inf); (= tricky, delicate) work, point heikel* * *pernickety adj umg1. pingelig, kleinlich2. kitz(e)lig (Aufgabe etc)* * *adjective -
4 pernickety
he is \pernickety about his food er ist, was Essen angeht, sehr pingelig2) ( tricky) heikel;it's very \pernickety work die Arbeit erfordert Fingerspitzengefühl -
5 pernickety
[pə΄nikəti] a խսկց. դժվարահաճ, քմահաճ. չմահավան. very pernickety in one’s food/clothes ուտելիքի/հագուստի նկատմամբ քմահաճ/դժվարահաճ -
6 kleinlich
Adj. petty; (sehr genau) pedantic, nit-picking umg.; (umständlich) pernickety umg., Am. persnickety, fussy; (geizig) stingy* * *pettifogging; pedantic; small; ungenerous; nit-picking* * *klein|lich ['klainlɪç]1. adjpetty; (= knaus[e]rig) mean (esp Brit), stingy (inf); (= engstirnig) narrow-minded2. adv(= knauserig) stingily; (= engstirnig) narrow-mindedly* * *1) (too concerned with details; too particular; difficult to satisfy: She is very fussy about her food.) fussy2) (deliberately nasty for a foolish or trivial reason: petty behaviour.) petty* * *klein·lich[ˈklainlɪç]adj (pej)sei doch nicht so \kleinlich! don't be so petty! pej* * *1.(abwertend) Adjektiv pernickety; (ohne Großzügigkeit) mean; (engstirnig) small-minded; petty; (in Bezug auf Sauberkeit und Ordnung) pernickety; fussy; petty < regulations>2.adverbial meticulously; punctiliously* * *kleinlich adj petty; (sehr genau) pedantic, nit-picking umg; (umständlich) pernickety umg, US persnickety, fussy; (geizig) stingy* * *1.(abwertend) Adjektiv pernickety; (ohne Großzügigkeit) mean; (engstirnig) small-minded; petty; (in Bezug auf Sauberkeit und Ordnung) pernickety; fussy; petty < regulations>2.adverbial meticulously; punctiliously* * *adj.pedantic adj. -
7 tiquismiquis
adj.pernickety.m. s.&pl.1 silly scruples, fussy details, silly objections.2 fussy scrupulous person, fusspot.m.&f. s&pl.fusspot.m.pl.1 squabbles (riñas).2 trifles (bagatelas).* * *1 (escrúpulos) fussing sing\andarse con tiquismiquis familiar to be fussy* * *masculino y femenino (Esp, Méx fam)a) ( persona) fusspot (colloq)es un tiquismiquis para comer — he's a very fussy o picky eater (colloq)
b) tiquismiquis masculino ( reparos) fussing* * *= fusspot, fussbudget, picky [pickier -comp., pickiest -sup.].Ex. As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.Ex. And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.Ex. If by chance she gets close to a boy that she likes she suddenly get very picky and think of all his negative points.----* ser muy tiquismiquis con la comida = be a picky eater.* ser muy tiquismiquis para comer = be a picky eater.* * *masculino y femenino (Esp, Méx fam)a) ( persona) fusspot (colloq)es un tiquismiquis para comer — he's a very fussy o picky eater (colloq)
b) tiquismiquis masculino ( reparos) fussing* * *= fusspot, fussbudget, picky [pickier -comp., pickiest -sup.].Ex: As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.
Ex: And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.Ex: If by chance she gets close to a boy that she likes she suddenly get very picky and think of all his negative points.* ser muy tiquismiquis con la comida = be a picky eater.* ser muy tiquismiquis para comer = be a picky eater.* * *(Esp, Méx fam)es un tiquismiquis para la comida he's a very fussy o picky eater ( colloq)es un tiquismiquis para el orden he's a stickler for order2déjate de tiquismiquis y cómelo todo stop fussing and eat it all up* * *
Multiple Entries:
tiquis miquis
tiquismiquis
tiquismiquis familiar
I adj (melindroso, escrupuloso) fussy, finicky
II mf fussyperson, familiar fuss-pot
* * *♦ adj inv[maniático] pernickety♦ nmf inv[maniático] fusspot, US fussbudget♦ nmpl2. [bagatelas] trifles* * *m/f famfuss-budget fam, Brfusspot fam -
8 pointilleux
pointilleux, -euse [pwɛ̃tijø, øz]adjective* * ** * *pwɛ̃tijø, øz adj (-euse)* * *( féminin pointilleuse) [pwɛ̃tijø, øz] adjectif[commentaire] nitpickingil est très pointilleux sur l'horaire he's very particular about ou he's a stickler for time-keeping -
9 quisquilloso
adj.touchy, delicate, jumpy, finicky.* * *► adjetivo1 finicky, fussy, touchy► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 fusspot* * *ADJ1) (=susceptible) touchy, oversensitive; (=irritable) irritable; (=perfeccionista) pernickety *, persnickety (EEUU) *, choosy, fussy2) (=preocupado por nimiedades) too bothered about petty details* * *- sa adjetivo (meticuloso, exigente) fussy, picky (colloq); ( susceptible) touchy* * *= fastidious, nitpicking [nit-picking], irritable, fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], quibbler, finicky [finickier -comp., finickiest -sup.], fusspot, fussbudget, picky [pickier -comp., pickiest -sup.].Ex. Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.Ex. Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.Ex. 'Searching' or even 'ordering' would be better, so long as we didn't imply by either of them an ' irritable reaching after fact and reason'.Ex. Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.Ex. They attacked him, not as grammarians and philologists, but as quibblers, cavillers; not with arguments, but insults.Ex. After all, even a healthy cat can become finicky when offered an unfamiliar meal.Ex. As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.Ex. And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.Ex. If by chance she gets close to a boy that she likes she suddenly get very picky and think of all his negative points.----* ser demasiado quisquilloso = put + too fine a point on, split + hairs.* ser muy quisquilloso = be picky.* * *- sa adjetivo (meticuloso, exigente) fussy, picky (colloq); ( susceptible) touchy* * *= fastidious, nitpicking [nit-picking], irritable, fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], quibbler, finicky [finickier -comp., finickiest -sup.], fusspot, fussbudget, picky [pickier -comp., pickiest -sup.].Ex: Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.
Ex: Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.Ex: 'Searching' or even 'ordering' would be better, so long as we didn't imply by either of them an ' irritable reaching after fact and reason'.Ex: Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.Ex: They attacked him, not as grammarians and philologists, but as quibblers, cavillers; not with arguments, but insults.Ex: After all, even a healthy cat can become finicky when offered an unfamiliar meal.Ex: As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.Ex: And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.Ex: If by chance she gets close to a boy that she likes she suddenly get very picky and think of all his negative points.* ser demasiado quisquilloso = put + too fine a point on, split + hairs.* ser muy quisquilloso = be picky.* * *quisquilloso -sa1(meticuloso, exigente): es terriblemente quisquilloso y no le gusta que nadie toque sus cosas he is terribly particular and he doesn't like anyone touching his thingsningún hotel le vino bien, es tan quisquilloso none of the hotels suited him, he's so hard to please o so choosy o so fussy2 (susceptible) touchy* * *
quisquilloso
( susceptible) touchy
quisquilloso,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 (meticuloso) fussy
2 (suspicaz) touchy
' quisquilloso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
quisquillosa
- chinche
- fastidioso
English:
fussy
- nit
- picky
* * *quisquilloso, -a♦ adj1. [detallista] pernickety2. [susceptible] touchy, oversensitive♦ nm,f1. [detallista] nit-picker2. [susceptible] touchy person;ser un quisquilloso to be touchy* * *adj touchy* * *quisquilloso, -sa adj: fastidious, fussyquisquilloso, -sa n: fussy person, fussbudget* * *quisquilloso adj -
10 penibel
Adj. meticulous; pej. fussy, per(s)nickety ( alle in about); eine penible Arbeit pern(s)ickety ( oder fiddly) work* * *fussy; scrupulous; squeamish* * *pe|ni|bel [pe'niːbl]1. adj2) (dial = peinlich) Lage, Angelegenheit painful, embarrassing2. advsauber meticulouslyein peníbel ordentliches Zimmer — an immaculately clean and tidy room
mein Mann rechnet mir jeden Cent peníbel vor — my husband knows exactly where every penny I spend goes
er macht seine Buchführung äußerst peníbel — he is very meticulous about his bookkeeping
sie zählte peníbel jeden Cent einzeln nach — she checked every single penny
* * *pe·ni·bel[peˈni:bl̩]* * *1. 2.* * *in about);eine penible Arbeit pern(s)ickety ( oder fiddly) work* * *1. 2.* * *adj.meticulous adj. adv.meticulously adv. -
11 delicado
adj.1 delicate, frail, breakable, fragile.2 touch-and-go, delicate, sensible.3 finicky, overparticular about trivial details, fiddly, pernickety.* * *► adjetivo2 (difícil) delicate, difficult3 (enfermizo) frail, delicate4 (frágil) fragile5 (exigente) fussy, fastidious, hard to please6 (cortés) refined, polite7 (muy sensible) hypersensitive, extremely sensitive\manjar delicado delicacy* * *(f. - delicada)adj.1) delicate2) fine3) ill4) sensitive5) tactful* * *ADJ1) (=suave) [tejido, piel] delicate; [tela] fine; [color] soft2) (=frágil) [máquina] sensitive; [salud] delicate3) (=fino) [rasgos] delicate, fine; [gusto] delicate, subtle4) (=difícil) [situación] delicate, tricky; [punto] sore; [tema] delicate5) [persona] (=difícil de contentar) hard to please, fussy; (=sensible) hypersensitive; (=discreto) tactful; (=atento) considerate* * *- da adjetivo2)a) ( que requiere cuidados) <cerámica/cristal> fragile; < tela> delicate; < piel> sensitiveprendas delicadas — delicates, delicate garments
b) ( refiriéndose a la salud) delicatetiene el corazón delicado — he has a weak o bad heart
3) <asunto/cuestión/tema> delicate, sensitive; < situación> delicate, tricky4)a) ( melindroso) delicate, fussyb) ( susceptible) touchy* * *= gentle [gentler -comp., gentlest -sup.], sensitive, tricky [trickier -comp., trickiest -sup.], delicate, ticklish, awkward, choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.], touchy, frail, tender [tenderer -comp., tenderest -sup.], dainty [daintier -comp., daintiest -sup.], lissom(e), fragile, fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], picky [pickier -comp., pickiest -sup.].Ex. Melanie Stanton broke into a gentle laugh as she recalled him executing a shuffling fandango and announcing mischievously, 'Women in the SLA, get ready, here I come!'.Ex. Numerous different models are available, ranging from models where communication is via a heat sensitive screen, through to terminals linked to an outside computer by a telephone line.Ex. Bertrand Russell has written a great deal of sense about the tricky problem of individual liberty and achievement and its relationship to government control.Ex. Despite the incompetence of most eighteenth-century block-makers, woodcuts never quite disappeared, and they returned to favour in the delicate form called 'wood-engraving' at the end of the hand-press period.Ex. The vast majority of management problems, even those which seem at first glance to be wholly planning or organizing or controlling problems, usually turn out to be bristling with ticklish human relations problems.Ex. Access is impaired by archaic, awkward, or simply strange headings that most normal persons would never look for on their first try.Ex. I became a hungry reader who was not choosy at all about the food.Ex. Censorship is a touchy subject with prison librarians.Ex. Previous research has demonstrated that frail elderly living in subsidized high-rise apartments have greater unmet needs than elderly who reside in traditional community housing.Ex. A single drawing can have a highly emotional impact and can be effective as either a heavy, bold statement or a tender reminder.Ex. They then went to a rather dainty little Italian restaurant where they ate a scrumptious meal and drank a bottle of wine.Ex. She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.Ex. The material which carries the message is fragile.Ex. Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.Ex. If by chance she gets close to a boy that she likes she suddenly get very picky and think of all his negative points.----* asunto delicado = sore subject, sore spot, sore point, sensitive issue, hot potato.* pregunta delicada = awkward question.* ser muy delicado con la comida = be a picky eater.* ser muy delicado para comer = be a picky eater.* tejido muy delicado = gossamer.* tema delicado = sore subject, sore spot, sore point, sensitive issue, hot potato.* * *- da adjetivo2)a) ( que requiere cuidados) <cerámica/cristal> fragile; < tela> delicate; < piel> sensitiveprendas delicadas — delicates, delicate garments
b) ( refiriéndose a la salud) delicatetiene el corazón delicado — he has a weak o bad heart
3) <asunto/cuestión/tema> delicate, sensitive; < situación> delicate, tricky4)a) ( melindroso) delicate, fussyb) ( susceptible) touchy* * *= gentle [gentler -comp., gentlest -sup.], sensitive, tricky [trickier -comp., trickiest -sup.], delicate, ticklish, awkward, choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.], touchy, frail, tender [tenderer -comp., tenderest -sup.], dainty [daintier -comp., daintiest -sup.], lissom(e), fragile, fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], picky [pickier -comp., pickiest -sup.].Ex: Melanie Stanton broke into a gentle laugh as she recalled him executing a shuffling fandango and announcing mischievously, 'Women in the SLA, get ready, here I come!'.
Ex: Numerous different models are available, ranging from models where communication is via a heat sensitive screen, through to terminals linked to an outside computer by a telephone line.Ex: Bertrand Russell has written a great deal of sense about the tricky problem of individual liberty and achievement and its relationship to government control.Ex: Despite the incompetence of most eighteenth-century block-makers, woodcuts never quite disappeared, and they returned to favour in the delicate form called 'wood-engraving' at the end of the hand-press period.Ex: The vast majority of management problems, even those which seem at first glance to be wholly planning or organizing or controlling problems, usually turn out to be bristling with ticklish human relations problems.Ex: Access is impaired by archaic, awkward, or simply strange headings that most normal persons would never look for on their first try.Ex: I became a hungry reader who was not choosy at all about the food.Ex: Censorship is a touchy subject with prison librarians.Ex: Previous research has demonstrated that frail elderly living in subsidized high-rise apartments have greater unmet needs than elderly who reside in traditional community housing.Ex: A single drawing can have a highly emotional impact and can be effective as either a heavy, bold statement or a tender reminder.Ex: They then went to a rather dainty little Italian restaurant where they ate a scrumptious meal and drank a bottle of wine.Ex: She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.Ex: The material which carries the message is fragile.Ex: Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.Ex: If by chance she gets close to a boy that she likes she suddenly get very picky and think of all his negative points.* asunto delicado = sore subject, sore spot, sore point, sensitive issue, hot potato.* pregunta delicada = awkward question.* ser muy delicado con la comida = be a picky eater.* ser muy delicado para comer = be a picky eater.* tejido muy delicado = gossamer.* tema delicado = sore subject, sore spot, sore point, sensitive issue, hot potato.* * *delicado -daA (fino) ‹rasgos/manos› delicate; ‹sabor› delicate, subtle; ‹lenguaje/modales› refined¡qué delicada eres! ¿qué más da si está un poco quemado? you're so fussy! what does it matter if it's a little burned?B (que requiere cuidados) ‹cerámica/cristal› fragile; ‹tela› delicateprendas delicadas delicates, delicate garmentsuna crema para pieles delicadas a cream for sensitive skinla delicada piel del bebé the baby's delicate skin¡qué delicado eres! no lo dijo por molestarte don't be so touchy! he didn't mean to upset youC (refiriéndose a la salud) delicateestá delicado del estómago his stomach's a little delicatetiene el corazón delicado he has a weak o delicate o bad heartdespués de la operación quedó muy delicado he was very frail o weak after his operationD ‹asunto/cuestión/tema› delicate, sensitive; ‹situación› delicate, tricky* * *
delicado◊ -da adjetivo
1 ( fino) ‹rasgos/manos› delicate;
‹ sabor› delicate, subtle;
‹lenguaje/modales› refined
2
‹ tela› delicate;
‹ piel› sensitive
‹ corazón› weak
3 ‹asunto/cuestión/tema› delicate, sensitive;
‹ situación› delicate, tricky
4
delicado,-a adjetivo
1 (frágil, primoroso) delicate
una delicada porcelana, a delicate porcelain figure
ese jarrón es muy delicado, that vase is very fragile
2 (enfermizo) delicate: está delicada del corazón, she has a weak heart
3 (exigente) fussy, hard to please: Juan es muy delicado para la comida, Juan is a fussy eater
4 (difícil de tratar) un asunto delicado, a delicate matter
' delicado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
delicada
- dulce
- exquisita
- exquisito
- primor
- asunto
- embromado
- fregado
- jorobado
- maniático
- melindroso
- remilgón
- tema
English:
dainty
- delicate
- fine
- fragile
- frail
- picky
- sensitive
- slight
- sore
- subject
- subtle
- ticklish
- touch on
- touchy
- tricky
- awkward
- delicacy
- shaky
- subtlety
* * *delicado, -a adj1. [aroma, gesto, manos] delicate;un perfume muy delicado a very delicate perfume2. [material, objeto] delicate;piel delicada sensitive o delicate skin;loción hidratante para pieles delicadas moisturizing lotion for sensitive skin;3. [asunto, situación] delicate, tricky;una situación delicada a delicate o tricky situation4. [persona] [débil, enfermizo] weak, delicate;su estado (de salud) es delicado his condition is delicate;estar delicado de salud to have delicate health;estar delicado del corazón to have a weak heart5. [persona] [sensible] sensitive6. [educado] [persona] polite;[lenguaje, modales] refined7. [persona] [tiquismiquis] fussy, choosy, picky;es demasiado delicado para ir de camping he likes his creature comforts too much to go camping;¡no seas delicado, hay que comérselo todo! don't be so picky, you've got to eat all of it!* * *adj delicate* * *delicado, -da adj1) : delicate, fine2) : sensitive, frail3) : difficult, tricky4) : fussy, hard to please5) : tactful, considerate* * *delicado adj delicate -
12 дребнав
petty-/small-minded, petty, small, mean, peddling, finicalдребнава критика fiddling criticismтова е много дребнаво от твоя страна it is very small/petty of you* * *дребна̀в,прил. petty-/small-minded, petty, small, mean, peddling, fussy; finicky, finicking, finical; hair-splitting; \дребнав човек hair-splitter; \дребнава критика fiddling criticism; това е много \дребнаво от твоя страна it is very small/petty of you.* * *cavilling ; fallal ; finical ; mean {mi;n}; penny- wise ; pernickety ; petty: This is very дребнав of you. - Това е много дребнаво от твоя страна.; pettifogging ; pimping ; small- minded* * *1. petty-/ small -minded, petty, "small, mean, peddling, finical 2. ДРЕБНАВa критика fiddling criticism 3. това е много ДРЕБНАВо от твоя страна it is very small/petty of you -
13 escrupuloso
adj.scrupulous, fastidious, squeamish, too fussy.* * *► adjetivo1 scrupulous2 (aprensivo) finicky, fussy* * *ADJ1) (=minucioso) [al elegir algo] particular; [al hacer algo] precise2) [con la comida] fussy, pernickety, persnickety (EEUU)3) (=honesto) scrupulous* * *- sa adjetivoa) ( honrado) honest, scrupulousb) ( meticuloso) meticulousc) (Esp) ( aprensivo) fastidious* * *= scrupulous.Ex. Happily the rules of quasi-facsimile are easily mastered; what is difficult is to observe them with scrupulous, undeviating accuracy.* * *- sa adjetivoa) ( honrado) honest, scrupulousb) ( meticuloso) meticulousc) (Esp) ( aprensivo) fastidious* * *= scrupulous.Ex: Happily the rules of quasi-facsimile are easily mastered; what is difficult is to observe them with scrupulous, undeviating accuracy.
* * *escrupuloso -sa1 (honrado) honest, scrupulousno es nada escrupuloso he's completely unscrupulous2 (meticuloso) meticulousuna escrupulosa relación de sus bienes a detailed o meticulous list of her possessionsuna revisión escrupulosa de los archivos a scrupulous o meticulous revision of the files3 ( Esp) (aprensivo) fastidious* * *
escrupuloso◊ -sa adjetivo
escrupuloso,-a adjetivo
1 (minucioso) painstaking, careful, thorough: hicieron una escrupulosa investigación forense, they carried out a thorough forensic investigation
2 (aprensivo) fastidious: siempre pide el café en vaso porque es muy escrupuloso, he always orders his coffee served in a glass because he is so fastidious
3 (riguroso) scrupulous: es un juez honesto y escrupuloso, he's an honest and scrupulous judge
' escrupuloso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escrupulosa
- tiquismiquis
English:
scrupulous
* * *escrupuloso, -a adj1. [minucioso] scrupulous;en su trabajo es muy escrupuloso he is very scrupulous in his work;el respeto escrupuloso de las leyes strict observance of the law2. [aprensivo] particular, fussy;no seas tan escrupuloso con la comida don't be such a fussy eater3. [honrado] scrupulous;no es nada escrupuloso he has no scruples* * *adj1 ( cuidadoso) meticulous2 ( honrado) scrupulous3 ( aprensivo) fastidious* * *escrupuloso, -sa adj1) : scrupulous2) meticuloso: exact, meticulous♦ escrupulosamente adv -
14 fastidious
[fæs'tɪdɪəs]прил.1) привередливый, разборчивый, брезгливыйThough being far from fastidious, he refused to eat it. — Будучи далеко не привередливым, он всё же отказался от такой еды.
She is very fastidious about personal hygiene. — Она очень привередлива в вопросах личной гигиены.
Syn:2) уст. презрительный, пренебрежительный; насмешливыйSyn:3) тонкий; утончённый, изощрённый -
15 Nice
1. n геогр. Ницца2. a хороший, приятный, милый, славныйnice home — уютная квартира; хорошенький домик
3. a ирон. хорошенький4. a изящный, элегантный; сделанный со вкусом5. a вкусный, аппетитный6. a любезный, внимательный, тактичный7. a скромный, благовоспитанный8. a требующий большой точности, осторожности, щепетильности; трудный, сложныйnegotiations needing nice handling — переговоры, требующие осторожного и тонкого подхода
9. a щепетильный; безукоризненный, безупречный10. a уместный, тактичный11. a острый; тонкий; чуткийnice ear — тонкий слух, чуткое ухо
12. a точный; тщательный, подробный, скрупулёзный13. a разборчивый, взыскательный; придирчивый; изысканный14. a эмоц. -усил. уст. -застенчивый; жеманныйСинонимический ряд:1. choosy (adj.) choosy; clerkish; dainty; fastidious; finical; finicking; finicky; fussy; miminy-piminy; niminy-piminy; old-maidish; old-womanish; particular; pernickety; persnickety; picksome; picky; precious; squeamish; squeamy2. decorous (adj.) accurate; au fait; becoming; befitting; careful; chaste; Christian; civilized; comely; conforming; correct; de rigueur; decent; decorous; done; exact; meticulous; modest; precise; proper; pure; respectable; right; rigorous; seemly; virtuous; well-bred3. fine (adj.) delicate; fine; finespun; hairline; hairsplitting; refined; subtle4. pleasant (adj.) agreeable; amicable; congenial; excellent; favorable; favourable; friendly; good; grateful; gratifying; marvelous; pleasant; pleasing; pleasurable; pleasureful; welcome5. accurate (other) accurate; critical; demanding; distinguishing; exact; exacting; right6. careful (other) careful; considerate; delicate; discerning; discriminating; particular; tactful7. fastidious (other) choosy; dainty; fastidious; finical; finicky; fussy; minute; neat; trivial8. pleasant (other) admirable; agreeable; delightful; excellent; good; inviting; likable; pleasant; pleasing; superior9. refined (other) cultured; decorous; gracious; polite; proper; refined; seemly; well-mannered; well-spoken10. subtle (other) demure; fine; modest; subtleАнтонимический ряд:coarse; deformed; disagreeable; disfigured; displeasing; grim; haphazard; hideous; horrid; impolite; improper; inaccurate; mean; miserable; misshapen; nasty; naughty -
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1. n частность, подробность, деталь2. n подробный отчёт3. n разг. близкий друг, любимец4. n разг. характерная особенность; нечто излюбленное5. a особый, особенный; специфический6. a исключительный, особый; заслуживающий особого внимания7. a индивидуальный, частный, отдельный8. a подробный, детальный, обстоятельный9. a тщательный, аккуратный10. a разборчивый, привередливыйthe committee should be very picksome and particular — комитет должен быть очень разборчивым и придирчивым
11. a юр. ограниченныйСинонимический ряд:1. distinctive (adj.) characteristic; distinctive; exceptional2. exact (adj.) blow-by-blow; careful; circumstantial; clocklike; conscientious; descriptive; detailed; exact; full; itemised; itemized; minute; painstaking; particularised; particularized; precise; thorough3. exclusive (adj.) exclusive; unique4. individual (adj.) discrete; distinct; individual; intrinsic; lone; one; only; separate; single; sole; solitary5. nice (adj.) choosy; clerkish; critical; dainty; delicate; discriminating; exacting; fastidious; finical; finicking; finicky; fussy; meticulous; miminy-piminy; nice; niminy-piminy; old-maidish; old-womanish; pernickety; persnickety; picksome; picky; precious; squeamish; squeamy6. notable (adj.) extraordinary; marked; notable; noteworthy; odd; peculiar; strange; uncommon7. several (adj.) respective; several; singular8. special (adj.) especial; special9. specific (adj.) certain; definite; personal; specific10. detail (noun) article; circumstance; detail; element; fact; factor; feature; item; particularity; point; specific; specification; technicality; thingАнтонимический ряд:careless; coarse; common; comprehensive; fallacious; general; heedless; imprecise; imprudent; inaccurate; indefinite; indiscriminate; inexact; insouciant; irregular; sloppy -
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"1. fastidious, hard to please, exacting, finicky, persnickety, pernickety, picky. 2. particular, choosy, discriminating, fastidious. 3. meticulous, very careful. 4. irritable, peevish; edgy."
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