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List of meaning for persnickety

being overly focused on small details

bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish(adj)

(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"

pernickety, persnickety(adj)

characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details

"a persnickety job"; "a persnickety school teacher"

hard to please

as she got older, she got more and more persnickety

requiring much time, effort, or careful attention

lacked the patience to deal with such persnickety tasks as hanging wallpaper

being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior

his persnickety attitude lost him some friends when they found out what he really thinks of "their kind"

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