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单词 choosy
释义

choosy

adjective

ˈchü-zē How to pronounce choosy (audio)
variants or less commonly choosey
choosier; choosiest
: fastidiously selective : particular
choosy shoppers

Synonyms

  • dainty
  • delicate
  • demanding
  • exacting
  • fastidious
  • finical
  • finicking
  • finicky
  • fussbudgety
  • fussy
  • nice
  • old-maidish
  • particular
  • pernickety [chiefly British]
  • persnickety
  • picky
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Example Sentences

You can't be too choosy if you want a job right away. We could afford to be as choosy as we wanted to be.
Recent Examples on the Web Employers across industries stampeded to hire en masse when the economy reopened, putting workers in the driver’s seat at a moment when federal stimulus packages had padded their budgets, enabling them to be more choosy. Erica Grieder, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Sep. 2022 On the other hand, experts say the jobs filled the fastest are meeting the demands of more choosy workers. Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Jan. 2022 Specialty retailers, on the other hand, will live and die on a more curated approach—and vendors who are choosy about their distributors will reap benefits, too. Outside Online, 8 Dec. 2017 However unconventional this team might have been, the Navy didn’t have the time to be choosy. Catherine Musemeche, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022 Because new graduates can afford to be choosy, some are taking their time to lock in a new job, recruiters say. Lindsay Ellis, WSJ, 7 May 2022 To be blunt, the fashion revolution can’t afford to be choosy about who is deserving of participation. Marielle Elizabeth, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2022 Before the show, Glass confided that Wonder’s lawyer told her the artist is choosy regarding licensing his music for projects, and has never approved the use of this much of his music for one project. Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 23 Jan. 2022 Still, total employment measured by ADP remains well below its pre-pandemic level, suggesting higher wages and sign-on bonuses aren’t doing enough to attract and retain talent in a labor market where jobseekers are increasingly choosy. BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

choosy

adjective

ˈchü-zē How to pronounce choosy (audio)
choosier; choosiest
: careful in making choices
a choosy shopper

choosy

adjective

variants or choosey
1
as in demanding
hard to please a choosy dog who refuses all but the fanciest food

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • demanding
  • nice
  • particular
  • picky
  • careful
  • delicate
  • finicky
  • fussy
  • persnickety
  • fastidious
  • pernickety
  • finical
  • exacting
  • selective
  • finicking
  • dainty
  • discriminating
  • meticulous
  • discerning
  • fussbudgety
  • knowledgeable
  • old-maidish
  • critical
  • scrupulous
  • captious
  • insightful
  • punctilious
  • squeamish
  • overcritical
  • painstaking
  • hypercritical
  • overdemanding
  • carping
  • faultfinding
  • peevish
  • touchy
  • prissy
  • queasy
  • hyperfastidious
  • petulant
  • ultrafastidious
  • caviling
  • prim
  • prickly
  • cavilling
  • queazy
  • niminy-piminy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • undemanding
  • flexible
  • affable
  • carefree
  • unfussy
  • lackadaisical
  • lenient
  • unfastidious
  • relaxed
  • lax
  • loose
  • breezy
  • permissive
  • uncritical
  • undiscriminating
  • laid-back
  • indiscriminating
  • happy-go-lucky
  • devil-may-care
  • low-pressure
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2
as in picky
tending to select carefully a choosy man when it came to clothes for the office

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • picky
  • selective
  • particular
  • nice
  • finicky
  • discerning
  • discriminating
  • fussy
  • fastidious
  • judicious
  • finical
  • finicking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • indiscriminate
  • unselective
  • nonselective
  • indiscriminating
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