Synonyms for Over-nice:
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adj.
• fastidious
- Stickling
, - captious
, - demanding
, - discriminating
, - easily disgusted
, - fussbudgety
, - hard to please
, - nice
, - nit-picky
, - overdelicate
, - overnice
, - persnickety
, - queasy
.
• prissy
• finicky
• inkhorn
• pedantic
- arid
, - didactic
, - doctrinaire
, - donnish
, - dry
, - dull
, - egotistic
, - erudite
, - hairsplitting
, - learned
, - ostentatious
, - pedagogic
, - pompous
, - scholastic
, - schoolish
, - sententious
, - stilted
.
• pedantical
• precious
• prudish
- Simpering
, - austere
, - bigoted
, - conventional
, - illiberal
, - narrow
, - narrow-minded
, - offish
, - overexact
, - overmodest
, - square
, - starchy
, - stern
, - straitlaced
, - uptight
.
Other relevant words:
- Euphuistic
, - affected
, - alembicated
, - artificial
, - careful
, - cautious
, - chichi
, - choosy
, - conscientious
, - critical
, - cutesy
, - dainty
, - dangerous
, - decorous
, - delicate
, - demure
, - difficult
, - effete
, - exacting
, - exquisite
, - fastidious
, - fine
, - finical
, - finicky
, - formal
, - fussy
, - genteel
, - hair-splitting
, - hairy
, - hypercritical
, - meticulous
, - mincing
, - neat
, - niminy-piminy
, - nit-picking
, - old-maidish
, - over-modest
, - overdone
, - overrefined
, - painstaking
, - particular
, - perilous
, - picky
, - precarious
, - precious
, - precise
, - pretentious
, - priggish
, - prim
, - prissy
, - proper
, - prudish
, - punctilious
, - puritanical
, - rigid
, - rigorous
, - scrupulous
, - sensitive
, - severe
, - squeamish
, - stiff
, - strait-laced
, - strict
, - studied
, - subtle
, - supercritical
, - ticklish
, - twee
.
• Other relevant words (adjective):
What are the hypernyms for Over-nice?
A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
What are the opposite words for over-nice?
Over-nice is a term used to describe someone who is excessively polite or overly sensitive to others. Antonyms for over-nice include blunt, direct, impolite, and insensitive. A blunt person may be seen as lacking in tact, but they speak their mind without sugar-coating their words. A direct person gets to the point without wasting time on pleasantries. Being impolite is characterized by showing a lack of good manners or respect for others. Insensitivity is marked by a lack of emotional intelligence and understanding of others' feelings. People with these traits are often seen as not being very nice.
What are the antonyms for Over-nice?
-
adj.
• fastidious
• finicky
• pedantic
• precious
• prissy
• prudish
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