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Synonyms for persnickety
pərˈsnɪk ɪ tiper·snick·ety
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Princeton's WordNet
bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppishadjective
(used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant
"a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage; "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety"
Synonyms:
too big for one's breeches, uppish, stuck-up, snotty, bigheaded, pernickety, snot-nosed, snootyAntonyms:
unfastidious, humblepernickety, persnicketyadjective
characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details
"a persnickety job"; "a persnickety school teacher"
Synonyms:
too big for one's breeches, uppish, stuck-up, snotty, bigheaded, pernickety, snot-nosed, snootyAntonyms:
humble, unfastidious
Editors Contribution
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Submitted by acronimous on April 8, 2014
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#69915 | snooty | |
#76851 | snotty | |
#226157 | persnickety |
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