Exacting
Exacting adjective - Hard to please.
Usage example: he was shocked when his normally exacting supervisor complimented him on a job well done
Pernickety and exacting are semantically related (British) in picky topic. In some cases you can use "Pernickety" instead an adjective "Exacting".
Pernickety
Pernickety adjective - Hard to please.
Usage example: an Oxford don who's definitely a pernickety old chap
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- dainty and exacting
- dainty and pernickety
- nice and exacting
- nice and pernickety
- particular and exacting
- particular and pernickety
- critical and exacting
- critical and pernickety
- delicate and exacting
- delicate and pernickety
- demanding and exacting
- demanding and pernickety
- difficult and exacting
- difficult and pernickety
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