nitpicky

See also: nit-picky

English

Alternative forms

• nit-picky

Etymology

From nitpick +‎ -y.

Adjective

nitpicky (comparative nitpickier, superlative nitpickiest)

1. Finicky; overly critical; concerned with insignificant details.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:fastidious

Derived terms

• nitpickiness

Related terms

• nitpick
• nitpicker
• nitpickish

Translations

overly critical

Catalan: llepafils (ca) m or f Chinese: Mandarin: 挑剔 (zh) (tiāoti) Dutch: muggenzifterig (nl) Finnish: pikkumainen (fi) German: spitzfindig (de), übergenau (de), pedantisch (de), überkorrekt Ottoman Turkish: تتیز (titiz) Polish: drobiazgowy (pl) m Russian: приди́рчивый (ru) (pridírčivyj) Spanish: quisquilloso (es), cositero (es) (Cuba)