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91nice — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. pleasing, agreeable, attractive, enjoyable; tasteful, proper, genteel; precise, accurate, exact, meticulous; delicate, fine, sensitive, appealing; overrefined, critical, squeamish. See pleasure,… …
92precious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. priceless, costly; precise, overrefined, overnice; beloved, dear. See dearness, affectation. Ant., worthless, cheap. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Valuable] Syn. high priced, costly, dear; see… …
93scrupulous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. exact, careful; fastidious, meticulous, punctilious; conscientious; upright, moral. See probity. Ant., careless, sloppy. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Exact] Syn. punctilious, strict, conscientious;… …
94exacting — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. demanding, rigorous, precise; see critical 2 , difficult 1 , onerous , severe 1 . See Synonym Study at onerous . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [ig ZAK ting] extremely demanding. Defusing a bomb is… …
95persnickety — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. fussy, fastidious, particular; see careful . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Very difficult to please: choosy, dainty, exacting, fastidious, finical, finicky, fussy, meticulous, nice, particular, squeamish. Informal …
96picky — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. fussy, choosy, discriminating, finicky, hard to please, particular, fastidious, meticulous. ANT.: easy to please, undiscriminating II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Informal. Very difficult to please: choosy,… …
97Sensibility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Sensibility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 sensibility sensibility sensibleness sensitiveness Sgm: N 1 moral sensibility moral sensibility Sgm: N 1 impressibility impressibility affectibility Sgm: N 1 susceptibleness… …
98Disapprobation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disapprobation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disapprobation disapprobation disapproval Sgm: N 1 improbation improbation Sgm: N 1 disesteem disesteem disvaluation displacency Sgm: N 1 odium odium Sgm: N 1 …
99mawkish — [17] The underlying meaning of mawkish is ‘maggotish’. It was derived from a now obsolete word mawk, which meant literally ‘maggot’ but was used figuratively (like maggot itself) for a ‘whim’ or ‘fastidious fancy’. Hence mawkish originally meant… …
100choosey — adj. selective, fussy, fastidious, picky (also choosy) choos·y || tʃuËzɪ adj. selective, fussy, fastidious, picky (also choosey) …
