picky
67
4.7
- adjective
- /ˈpɪki/
:
quisquilloso
- He is a picky eater and only likes to have his food prepared in a certain way.
- less picky
If you think you're being too picky, you're not, and here's proof.
- If you think you're being too picky, you're not, and here's proof.
- Honestly, I'm like so picky, like who I'm dealing with.
- Also don't like tomato but I'm so picky with my food.
- I'm not, I'm not a guy to be too picky.
- When you don't need the jobs, you become picky.
- I just want to see you try a picky brother.
- Peculiar in a specifically picky or opinionated way.
- But she's picky and uses only some maths.
- And so they're kind of picky bastards, you could say.
Examples
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You see how picky I am about my shoes.
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Matisse is a picky eater.
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So through doing this show, I know how picky fans can be.
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But I am just being very, very picky right now, like just around here.
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Besides, she was hardly in a position to be picky about her equipment.
Fiction book (2001) -
It's not going to surprise anyone that I'm extremely picky with my bar selection.
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So like I'm very picky with my music.
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I do use some processed foods, but I am very picky about what is in them.
Blog text (12) -
We're a little bit picky about scents in the house.
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After dorm food all year, I am unusually picky at home.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
118
4.3
To choose carefully and accept only certain people or things
106
4.4
Careful about small details and hard to please
58
8.6
Being very careful about small details
24
3.9
Easily annoyed and hard to please about small things
15
3.9
Hard to please when choosing things like clothes or food
13
7.9
Too fussy about being neat and proper
12
7.1
Hard to please and careful about small details
8
8.0
Very careful about small details and being clean, often hard to please
5
6.1
A person who is not easily satisfied and often complains
4
9.8
Being very picky about small details
3
7.2
Careful to do things correctly and notice small details
1
7.2
Tends to want everything done without any mistakes
Too worried about small details and hard to please
Careful about small details and hard to please
Being very careful about small details in a way that annoys others
Careful and picky about small details and choices
Antonyms
Idioms
How Selective
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word picky comes from the verb pick, which means 'to choose' or 'to peck at food'. A helpful image is someone 'picking' only a few pieces from a plate, and that shows why picky means very selective or hard to please.