finicky
Hard to please
Finicky describes someone excessively particular or hard to please, especially about small details.
A finicky eater refuses most foods.
A finicky cat won't touch certain brands.
The word suggests fussiness that others find unreasonable or tiresome: She's finicky about how her coffee is made.
Finicky machinery or processes are temperamental and require careful handling.
Overly particular about preferences
- fussyExcessively particular
- particularSpecific or fussy
- discriminatingShowing careful judgment
- discerningHaving keen judgment
selective · demanding · hard-to-please · fastidious · persnickety · finical · dainty · squeamish
Requiring painstaking precision
- trickyDifficult to handle
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
exacting · demanding · temperamental · touchy · complicated · precise · painstaking · challenging
One demanding flawlessness
- detail-orientedFocused on small elements
- preciseExactly correct, no error
- scrupulousThorough and principled
- punctiliousExcessively careful about details
thorough · exacting · careful · conscientious · methodical · painstaking · rigorous · nitpicky
Of little importance
- nitpickyOverly concerned with minutiae
- trivialLacking significance or weight
- nigglingTrivially but persistently bothersome
- pettifoggingFussing over trivialities
trifling · pedantic · hair-splitting · caviling · carping · captious · fault-finding · quibbling
Easily provoked to annoyance
- temperamentalEasily upset, unpredictable
- capriciousSubject to sudden changes
- fretfulAnxiously irritable
- querulousInclined to complain
whimsical · moody · cantankerous · petulant · touchy · sensitive · unpredictable · mercurial
choosy
Overly particular about preferences
- fussyExcessively particular
- particularSpecific or fussy
- discriminatingShowing careful judgment
discerning · selective · demanding · hard-to-please · fastidious · persnickety · finical · dainty · squeamish · overparticular
fiddly
Requiring painstaking precision
sensitive · exacting · demanding · temperamental · touchy · complicated · precise · painstaking · challenging · persnickety
perfectionist
One demanding flawlessness
- detail-orientedFocused on small elements
- preciseExactly correct, no error
- scrupulousThorough and principled
punctilious · thorough · exacting · careful · conscientious · methodical · painstaking · rigorous · nitpicky · fussbudget
petty
Of little importance
- nitpickyOverly concerned with minutiae
- trivialLacking significance or weight
- nigglingTrivially but persistently bothersome
pettifogging · trifling · pedantic · hair-splitting · caviling · carping · captious · fault-finding · quibbling · picayune
irritable
Easily provoked to annoyance
- temperamentalEasily upset, unpredictable
- capriciousSubject to sudden changes
- fretfulAnxiously irritable
querulous · whimsical · moody · cantankerous · petulant · touchy · sensitive · unpredictable · mercurial · high-maintenance
- Fussy traitsfussy, nitpicking, persnickety, pernickety, fastidious
- fussinesspickiness, nitpicky, persnickety, fastidiousness, choosiness
- cat traitssilky coat, coat, tabby pattern, claws, long-haired
- criticismcriticism, critique, review, feedback, opinion
- nonfunctionalbroken, malfunctioning, inoperative, out of order, nonfunctional
- restrainedrestrained, reserved, subdued, controlled, muted
finickyeasygoing
Relaxed in temperament
undemanding · unfussy · undiscriminating · indiscriminating · uncritical
finickylaid-back
Calm and unhurried
easygoing · relaxed · carefree · happy-go-lucky · devil-may-care