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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

  1. adj Extremely careful about small details, especially cleanliness and order; hard to please.
  2. adj (biology) Needing very specific conditions or nutrients to grow, and therefore difficult to culture.

fractious — full definition

  1. adj Given to troublemaking.
  2. adj Irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome.

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