wählerisch — meaning in English
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English meaning
- choosy adjective Careful and selective about what you pick, wanting things to match your exact tastes or standards.
- delicate adjective Easily damaged and needing careful handling.
- demanding adjective Requiring a lot of effort, skill, or patience.
- exacting adjective Demanding a lot from people; hard to satisfy.
- fastidious adj Extremely careful about small details, especially cleanliness and order; hard to please.
- fussy adjective Overly concerned with small details; hard to satisfy.
- picky adj Hard to please; fussy about details and demanding that things be exactly right.
- selective adj Choosing carefully rather than accepting everything or everyone.
Senses
wählerisch is used for these senses in English:
- delicate Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
- delicate Highly discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite.
- demanding Making great demands in terms of quality, quantity, accuracy or other criteria; difficult to satisfy.
- exacting Making great demands; difficult to satisfy.
- fastidious Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.
- fastidious Difficult to please; quick to find fault.
- fussy Having a tendency to fuss, cry, or be bad-tempered/ill-tempered (especially of babies).
- selective (of a person) Choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting.
delicate — full definition
- adjective Easily damaged and needing careful handling.
- adjective Requiring tact or care because of its sensitive nature.
- adjective Fine or subtle in detail, texture, or flavor.