педантичен — meaning in English
pedantichen
Bulgarian → English · translate English → Bulgarian instead
English meaning
- meticulous adjective Extremely careful and precise about details.
- pedantic adj Overly focused on formal rules, minor details, or technical correctness, often to an annoying degree.
- pernickety adj Fussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious.
- pettifog verb To quibble over trivial matters; nitpick.
- punctilious adj Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.
Senses
педантичен is used for these senses in English:
- donnish (of a person) Bookish, theoretical and pedantic, as opposed to practical.
- meticulous Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
- pedantic Being overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning, like a pedant.
- pernickety (chiefly, UK, Irish, Commonwealth) Fussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious.
- pettifog (intransitive) To quibble over trivial matters; nitpick.
- priggish Like a prig.
- punctilious Precise or scrupulous; finicky or nitpicky.