persnickety

• Adjectif utilisé surtout en anglais américain pour décrire une personne excessivement soucieuse des détails, difficile à satisfaire ou très pointilleuse, ou encore une personne susceptible et exigeante.

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.

   Pointilleux

   • 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.

   Synonymesexactingfastidiousfinickyfussyparticularpicky

   Antonymescarelesseasygoingflexiblenegligentsloppy

2. Arrogant or conceitedC1informalamerican

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

   Arrogant ou prétentieux

   • 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.

   Synonymesarrogantconceitedhaughtypompouspretentioussnobbishsuperior

   Antonymeshumblemodestunassumingunpretentious