overparticular
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overparticular — adj.; overparticularly, adv. * * * … Universalium
overparticular — adj. too picky; overly meticulous … English contemporary dictionary
overparticular — o ver•par•tic′u•lar adj … From formal English to slang
overparticular — |ōvə(r)+ adjective : extremely or unduly particular * * * adj.; overparticularly, adv … Useful english dictionary
persnickety — persnicketiness, n. /peuhr snik i tee/, adj. Informal. 1. overparticular; fussy. 2. snobbish or having the aloof attitude of a snob. 3. requiring painstaking care. Also, pernickety. [1885 90; orig. Scots, var. of PERNICKETY] Syn. 1. nitpicking,… … Universalium
hairsplitting — Synonyms and related words: adverse criticism, animadversion, aspersion, bad notices, bad press, bickering, boggling, captious, captiousness, carping, cavil, caviling, censoriousness, chicane, chicanery, choplogic, contradistinction, critical,… … Moby Thesaurus
hypercritical — Synonyms and related words: captious, carping, caviling, censorious, critic, critical, cynical, faultfinding, hairsplitting, hypersensitive, morbidly sensitive, nagging, niggling, overconscientious, overcritical, overfastidious, overmeticulous,… … Moby Thesaurus
hypersensitive — Synonyms and related words: allergic, anaphylactic, delicate, empathetic, empathic, goosy, hairsplitting, high strung, hypercritical, hyperesthetic, hyperpathic, irritable, itchy, miffy, morbidly sensitive, nervous, overconscientious,… … Moby Thesaurus
nice — Synonyms and related words: Christian, Christlike, Christly, according to Hoyle, accurate, acute, advantageous, advertent, affable, affectionate, agog, agreeable, agreeably, alert, all ears, all eyes, ambrosial, amiable, amicable, appreciative,… … Moby Thesaurus
overconscientious — Synonyms and related words: careful, conscientious, fastidious, hairsplitting, hypercritical, hypersensitive, meticulous, morbidly sensitive, nice, overcritical, overfastidious, overmeticulous, overnice, overparticular, overprecise, overrefined,… … Moby Thesaurus
