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

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)