单词	picky
释义	picky adjective ˈpi-kē  pickier; pickiest : very careful or too careful about choosing or accepting things : fussy, choosy a picky eater Because pen collectors are a picky lot, and some antiques dealers who are not in the pen business can overlook the details of condition, there is occasional friction. Bill Holland With rising ticket prices and new competition from cable TV, cost-conscious families may be pickier about the movies they choose to see. David Ansen and Martin Kasindorf pickiness noun Taylor mocks Zavala for the size of his extended Mexican family, their endless chatter and the frequency of their quinceaneras. Zavala ribs Taylor for his white-person pickiness about artisanal coffee and marriage. Belinda Luscombe Now jobless and forced to live with five housemates in San Jose, Calif., she comes away from every job interview discouraged by employers' pickiness. Daniel McGinn Synonyms choosy choosey dainty delicate demanding exacting fastidious finical finicking finicky fussbudgety fussy nice old-maidish particular pernickety [chiefly British] persnickety See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences a picky cat who would only eat one particular kind of food, and only if it was served in his special dish she's picky, but she always finds the best quality in fresh meat and fish Recent Examples on the Web Some would-be Bonham emulators get all the nit-picky details right but lose his essence somehow. Hank Shteamer, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2022 If one were to be really nit-picky, the film might have done with just a little less observation of Leo playing ice hockey, Leo sitting in class, Leo looking happy and then secretly sad for a moment. Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2022 Good for children up to 10 years old with options for picky eaters. Good Housekeeping, 11 Aug. 2022 Contestants try to please a panel of picky eaters in this new culinary competition. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2022 Just Try One Bite, a children’s book about picky eaters. People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 30 July 2022 Pediatricians, nutritionists and feeding specialists give their top tips for handling picky eaters. Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 29 June 2022 Pasta plus chicken plus a green veggie equals a dinner that even picky eaters won't turn away. Katelyn Lunders, Woman's Day, 24 June 2022 Sunbasket is a meal delivery service that specializes in organic ingredients and easy, down-to-earth recipes that’ll please foodies and picky eaters alike. Jake Smith, Glamour, 21 June 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 1917, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition picky adjective ˈpi-kē  pickier; pickiest : hard to please a picky eater picky adjective 1 as in choosy hard to please a picky cat who would only eat one particular kind of food, and only if it was served in his special dish Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance choosy finicky careful fussy nice persnickety choosey particular demanding fastidious pernickety exacting selective finicking dainty finical meticulous delicate fussbudgety discerning discriminating critical knowledgeable captious old-maidish hypercritical scrupulous overcritical squeamish insightful punctilious overdemanding carping faultfinding painstaking peevish prissy touchy petulant queasy hyperfastidious ultrafastidious caviling prim prickly queazy cavilling niminy-piminy Antonyms & Near Antonyms undemanding unfussy lenient lackadaisical flexible affable carefree loose lax unfastidious relaxed permissive breezy undiscriminating uncritical laid-back happy-go-lucky indiscriminating devil-may-care low-pressure See More 2 as in selective tending to select carefully she's picky, but she always finds the best quality in fresh meat and fish Synonyms & Similar Words selective choosy choosey particular finicky fussy discerning nice fastidious discriminating finicking finical judicious Antonyms & Near Antonyms indiscriminate nonselective unselective indiscriminating
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