Hard to please
Hard to please adjective - (of persons) "his father was a hard-to-please taskmaster".
Stringent and hard to please are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stringent" instead an adjective phrase "Hard to please".
Stringent
Stringent adjective - Not allowing for any exceptions or loosening of standards.
Hard to please and stringent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hard to please" instead an adjective "Stringent".
Nearby Words: stringency, stringently
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- exact and hard to please
- exact and stringent
- rigid and hard to please
- rigid and stringent
- unyielding and hard to please
- unyielding and stringent
- demanding and hard to please
- demanding and stringent
- difficult and hard to please
- difficult and stringent
- rough and hard to please
- rough and stringent
- tough and hard to please
- tough and stringent
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