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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nosy, impertinent person |
| Synonyms: | backseat driver, butt-in, buttinsky, eavesdropper, fink, fussbudget, gossip, intermeddler, intruder, meddler, newsmonger, nosey parker, rubberneck, scandalmonger, sidewalk superintendent, snoop, snooper, tattletale, troublemaker, yenta |
| Main Entry: | fuddy-duddy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | old-fashion person |
| Synonyms: | dotard, dull person, fogy, fussbudget, fusspot, fusspot, fussy person, granny, old fart, old fogy, old fogy, old geezer, old maid, old poop, square, square*, stick-in-the-mud, stick-in-the-mud, stuffed shirt, stuffed shirt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | painstaking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | meticulous, thorough |
| Synonyms: | assiduous, by the book, by the numbers, careful, conscientious, conscionable, diligent, earnest, exact, exacting, finicky, fussbudget, fussy, hard-working, heedful, industrious, particular, persevering, persnickety*, picky, punctilious, punctual, scrupulous, sedulous, stickler, strenuous, thoroughgoing |
| Antonyms: | careless, easy, half-baked, half-done, thoughtless, unmindful, unthorough |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | particular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | finicky, demanding |
| Synonyms: | careful, choicy, choosy, critical, dainty, discriminating, exacting, fastidious, finical, fussbudget, fussy, hard to please, meticulous, nice, nit-picking, persnickety*, picky*, rough, stickler, tough |
| Antonyms: | indifferent, nonchalant, undemanding, undiscriminating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | perfectionist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stickler |
| Synonyms: | formalist, fussbudget, fusspot, idealist, nit-picker, purist, quibbler |
| Main Entry: | biddy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fussy old woman |
| Synonyms: | battle-ax, beldam, crone, fishwife, fussbudget, fusspot, hag, witch |
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| Main Entry: | particular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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censorious, dainty, delicate, difficult to please, fastidious, finical, hard to please, hypercritical, jimp, lickerish, nice, particular, pleasing, queasy, querulous, scrupulous, squeamish, strait-laced, thin-skinned
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