exceptious
Given to disputing
Exceptious means inclined to take exception or make objections; quarrelsome or captious.
The word is rare and archaic, largely replaced by *exceptionable* (open to objection) or simply *quarrelsome*.
He was an exceptious man, finding fault with every proposal.
Given to petty criticism
- cavilingPetty fault-finding
- carpingTrivial persistent criticism
- hypercriticalExcessively prone to censure
- overcriticalExcessively prone to faultfinding
fault-finding · quibbling · nitpicking · hair-splitting · censorious · disapproving · judgmental · critical
Habitually fretful
- petulantChildishly bad-tempered
- querulousInclined to complain
- fractiousIrritable and unruly
- tetchyEasily provoked to irritation
testy · touchy · irascible · cantankerous · choleric · snappish · short-tempered · cross
Excessively particular
- finickyExcessively particular, hard to satisfy
- pickyExcessively selective or particular
- persnicketyExcessively concerned with details
- fastidiousExcessively attentive to detail
meticulous · overparticular · scrupulous · punctilious · precise · exacting · perfectionist · niggling
captious
Given to petty criticism
- cavilingPetty fault-finding
- carpingTrivial persistent criticism
- hypercriticalExcessively prone to censure
overcritical · fault-finding · quibbling · nitpicking · hair-splitting · censorious · disapproving · judgmental · critical · disparaging
peevish
Habitually fretful
tetchy · testy · touchy · irascible · cantankerous · choleric · snappish · short-tempered · cross · crabby
fussy
Excessively particular
- finickyExcessively particular, hard to satisfy
- pickyExcessively selective or particular
- persnicketyExcessively concerned with details
fastidious · meticulous · overparticular · scrupulous · punctilious · precise · exacting · perfectionist · niggling · particularizing
exceptiousagreeable
Pleasantly cooperative
accepting · acquiescent · compliant · unquestioning · uncritical
exceptiousagreeable
Pleasantly cooperative
easygoing · good-natured · amiable · uncontentious · complaisant
- make an exceptionAllow despite the rule
- no exceptionsUniversal application, none spared
- without exceptionTrue for all cases
- take exceptionVoice disagreement or offense
- exception that proves the ruleAnomaly suggesting a norm exists
- with the exception ofLeaving out specified items
exception, exceptional, exceptionally, unexceptional, exceptions, exceptionable, exceptionality, nonexceptional