persnickety

persnickety is a 11-letter English word with 2 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details. Face value is 22 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 22 · Words With Friends 24 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details

   "a persnickety job"

   "a persnickety school teacher"

   Synonyms: pernickety

2. adjective. (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant-Laurent Le Sage

   "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"

   "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety"

   Synonyms: bigheaded, snooty, snotty, uppish

Synonyms

pernickety, bigheaded, snooty, snotty, uppish

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