persnickety

• Wird im amerikanischen Englisch verwendet, um eine Person zu beschreiben, die übermäßig auf kleine Details achtet oder sehr wählerisch und pingelig ist.

Used in American English to describe someone who is overly concerned with small details or very particular about things.

1. Overly particular or fussyC1informalamerican

   Characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details; fussy about small things.

   Pedantisch

   • He is so persnickety about how his desk is organized.
   • She's persnickety about the way her coffee is prepared.
   • The persnickety editor corrected every tiny punctuation mark.

   Synonymeexactingfastidiousfinickyfussyparticularpicky

   Antonymecarelesseasygoingflexiblenegligentsloppy

2. Arrogant or conceitedC1informalamerican

   Overly concerned with one's own importance or status; snobbish.

   Überheblich

   • He acts all persnickety since he got that promotion.
   • She's too persnickety to associate with people she considers beneath her.
   • The persnickety critic dismissed the film without watching it.

   Synonymearrogantconceitedhaughtypompouspretentioussnobbishsuperior

   Antonymehumblemodestunassumingunpretentious