See finicky in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
"word": "quisquilloso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
"word": "tiquismiquis"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
"word": "pejiguero"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
"word": "esquilimoso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
"word": "pedante"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
"word": "escolimoso"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
"word": "petig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "demanding, requiring above-normal care",
"word": "anspruchsvoll"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "demanding, requiring above-normal care",
"word": "heikel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "demanding, requiring above-normal care",
"word": "pflegebedürftig"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kapriznyj",
"sense": "demanding, requiring above-normal care",
"tags": [
"informal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "капризный"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "demanding, requiring above-normal care",
"word": "pillig"
}
],
"word": "finicky"
}
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