If there is a word for a person who is very hard to please or you don’t like them, can you answer this? When will I open my new book?
I searched on Google – but most mainly find “difficult” / “demanding”. What is this better word?
Is there any possible right or wrong way to do this?
The term scrupulous is often used to indicate a demanding nature, often with regard of one’s own behavior. 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 attention to correctness in etiquette 2.
Using a computer 3. using an Internet 4. using a laptop 5. Attractive to detail.
The thesaurus yields a few alternative words, but I think the most suitable would be:
Grouchy,
hard to please.
If your context is racist, sexist, etc, you could use language like “selective” or “discriminating”. Considering this option, you could use other words such as “fewthen/almost all”
not in a neutral answer.
According to Thesaurus here is the list of words:
main Entry: hard-to-please
part of Speech: adjective
Definition: extremely particular
Synonyms: exceptionally particular, choosy, critical, demanding, detailed, finicky, fussy, meticulous, nit-picking, particular, picky, scrutinizing
Antonyms: undemanding, meticulous, finicky, picky, scrutinizing Entrance: adjective
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”.
I often hear high maintenance bandied about for this sort of
person: who, (figuratively, pejorative, of a person) requiring a lot of attention or reassurance;
emotionally needy It suggests someone who requires a lot of work. I’m a woman who’s
difficult to please.
