nice
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7.9
- adjective
- /naɪs/
:
quisquilloso
- An 84-year-old husband exemplified this by stating, "I keep the house and I keep it nice."
Examples
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Why can't I ever come in and find it nice and tidy?
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I always make sure the kitchen is nice and organized before cooking.
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Make sure the surface is nice and clean like that.
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And you can just take that top line off just to make sure it's nice and clean.
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I try to keep the house nice and neat
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We have just a nice clean X-ray here.
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I recently redid Jackson's drawers so they're nice and tidy now.
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The hotel staff keeps everything nice and clean for their guests.
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She has a nice habit of tidying up her workspace every day.
Synonyms
25
6.7
Easily made to feel disgusted by seeing, smelling, or thinking about unpleasant things
13
7.9
Too fussy about being neat and proper
4
6.7
A person who is very fussy about food or cleanliness
A person who acts very fussy about small things like dirt or food and gets upset easily
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A complaint that people keep ruining good things by being careless
Said when someone ruins something nice by being careless
Compounds
How Fastidious
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nice also had an older meaning of 'very particular' or 'dainty', so someone described as nice in that sense is easily bothered by small dirt or small faults, which helps explain why nice can mean 'picky' or fastidious.