I searched on Google — but mainly find «difficult» / «demanding». I am just wondering if there is any more appropriate word?
tenfour
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asked Aug 15, 2012 at 9:10
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Main Entry: hard-to-please
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: extremely particular
Synonyms: choosy, critical, demanding, detailed, finicky, fussy, meticulous, nit-picking, particular, picky, scrutinizing
Antonyms: undemanding
answered Aug 15, 2012 at 9:26
NoahNoah
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Persnickety, “Fastidious or fussy”; “Obsessive about mundane details, demanding for precision” is good in this context, and also fastidious, “Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details”;
“Difficult to please; quick to find fault”.
answered Aug 15, 2012 at 12:48
The term scrupulous is often used to indicate a demanding nature, often with regard to ones own behaviour. Webster’s Collegiate defines it as
extremely careful to do the precisely right, proper, or correct thing in every last detail
Another option is punctilious, also often used to describe the conduct of the decribed person. Collins defines it as
1.paying scrupulous attention to correctness in etiquette
2.attentive to detail
answered Aug 15, 2012 at 14:25
bibbib
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For a neutral option, you could use «selective», or «discriminating», so long as your context makes it clear that the discrimination exercised is not racist, sexist, etc.
answered Aug 15, 2012 at 10:38
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I often hear high-maintenance bandied about for this sort of person:
(figuratively, pejorative, of a person) requiring a lot of attention
or reassurance; emotionally needy
It suggests someone who requires a lot of work i.e. is difficult to please.
answered Aug 15, 2012 at 16:16
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Pronunciation:
[ hˈɑːd tə plˈiːz], [ hˈɑːd tə plˈiːz], [ h_ˈɑː_d t_ə p_l_ˈiː_z]
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adj.
• critical (adjective)
- Fault-finding.
• difficult (adjective)
- oafish,
- grim,
- unaccommodating,
- refractory,
- trying,
- rigid,
- irritable,
- bearish,
- obstreperous,
- unamenable,
- perverse,
- boorish,
- dark,
- tough,
- fractious,
- rude,
- argumentative,
- troublesome,
- tiresome,
- impolite,
- intractable.
• fastidious (adjective)
- dainty,
- nice,
- fussbudgety,
- discriminating,
- easily disgusted,
- squeamish,
- overnice,
- queasy,
- exacting,
- persnickety,
- Stickling,
- nit-picky,
- finical,
- overdelicate,
- over-nice,
- punctilious,
- captious.
• fault-finding (adjective)
- hairsplitting,
- niggling,
- quibbling,
- carping,
- pettifogging,
- nagging.
• finicky (adjective)
- scrupulous.
• fussy (adjective)
- exact,
- fretful,
- heedful,
- conscientious,
- painstaking,
- punctual,
- fuddy-duddy,
- careful.
• hard-to-please (adjective)
- demanding,
- picky,
- choosy,
- Scrutinizing,
- detailed,
- critical,
- meticulous.
• hypercritical (adjective)
- caviling,
- censorious.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)
- Finicking,
- fastidious,
- conscionable,
- fussy,
- nit-picking,
- finicky,
- querulous,
- overcritical,
- choicy,
- overfastidious,
- fussbudget,
- difficult,
- hair-splitting,
- particular,
- over critical,
- picky-picky,
- faultfinding,
- hypercritical.
• particular (adjective)
- rough,
- stickler.
How to use «Hard to please» in context?
People are hard to please, that is simply a fact. Basically, we all have different preferences, and as humans, we’re always striving to find things that make us happy. Sometimes that’s easy and we fall into a routine of fulfilling our needs quickly and easily, but often times it’s more difficult to satisfy ourselves. For some of us, the search for happiness can be a never-ending cycle that can be extremely draining.
There are a few reasons why people can be hard to please. Sometimes it’s because we don’t want to inconvenience others, or because we’re not used to accommodating others.
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abate,
calm down,
check,
contract,
crumble,
curb,
curtail,
cut down,
decay,
decline.
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- hard to explain
- hard to left
- hard to make out
- hard to penetrate
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Other forms: harder to please; hardest to please
Definitions of hard to please
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adjective
(of persons) «his father was a hard-to-please taskmaster»
“was very
hard to please”-
synonyms:
hard-to-please
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demanding
requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill
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demanding
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