finickier
Harder to please
Finickier is the comparative form of finicky, meaning more excessively particular or fussy.
Someone finickier than another is harder to please, whether about food, standards, or details: My cat is finickier than the dog—she'll only eat one brand.
The editor grew finickier with each draft.
fastidious
More exacting about preferences
- pickierMore fastidious in selection
- choosierMore demanding in selection
- persnicketyExcessively concerned with details
- nitpickyOverly concerned with minutiae
hard-to-please · daintier · fussbudget · overparticular · hypercritical
fussier
More exacting about preferences
- pickierMore fastidious in selection
- choosierMore demanding in selection
- persnicketyExcessively concerned with details
nitpicky · hard-to-please · daintier · fussbudget · overparticular · hypercritical
hair-splitting
Excessive focus on trivialities
- quibblingPetty objection-raising