quisquilloso — meaning in English
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English meaning
- fastidious adj Extremely careful about small details, especially cleanliness and order; hard to please.
- fractious adj Given to troublemaking.
- fussy adjective Overly concerned with small details; hard to satisfy.
- nitpicky adj Finicky; overly critical; concerned with insignificant details.
- petty adj Minor or unimportant, especially compared to more serious matters.
- picky adj Hard to please; fussy about details and demanding that things be exactly right.
- squeamish adj Easily disturbed, nauseated, or made uneasy, especially by unpleasant sights.
- touchy adjective Easily upset or offended; quick to take offense.
Senses
quisquilloso is used for these senses in English:
- fastidious Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.
- fractious Given to troublemaking.
- fractious Irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome.
- fussbudget (colloquial, derogatory, North America) One who complains or fusses a great deal, especially about unimportant matters; a fusspot.
- nitpicky Finicky; overly critical; concerned with insignificant details.
- squeamish Easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseated or nervous; oversensitive.
- touchy (of a person) Easily offended, oversensitive.
fastidious — full definition
- adj Extremely careful about small details, especially cleanliness and order; hard to please.
- adj (biology) Needing very specific conditions or nutrients to grow, and therefore difficult to culture.
fractious — full definition
- adj Given to troublemaking.
- adj Irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome.