hard to please

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Definition

Adjective 1. Difficult to satisfy or make content: Describes a person who has very high standards or is very particular, making it challenging for others to meet their expectations or gain their approval.

Usage

This adjective is used to describe a person's character or disposition. It is typically placed before a noun (attributive use) or after a linking verb like "be" or "find" (predicative use). It often implies that the person is critical, demanding, or fussy.

Examples
  • Attributive use (before a noun):
    • She is known as a hard-to-please critic whose reviews can make or break a restaurant.
    • He was a hard-to-please teacher who expected perfection from every student.
  • Predicative use (after a linking verb):
    • My grandmother is hard to please when it comes to food; she prefers home-cooked meals.
    • The client found the architect hard to please during the design process.
Advanced Usage
  • "prove hard to please": To demonstrate through actions or reactions that one is difficult to satisfy.
    • The new manager proved hard to please during her first project review.
  • "find someone hard to please": To experience someone as being difficult to satisfy.
    • The caterers found the event planner extremely hard to please.
Variants and Related Words
  • Hard-to-please is a compound adjective. The hyphen is often used when it precedes a noun (e.g., a hard-to-please boss) but may be omitted in predicative position (e.g., The boss is hard to please).
  • Demanding (adj.): Requiring much skill, effort, or attention. ()
  • Fastidious (adj.): Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail, or very concerned about cleanliness. ()
  • Exacting (adj.): Making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources. ()
Synonyms
  • Critical
  • Fussy
  • Finicky
  • Particular
  • Picky
  • Discriminating
Antonyms
  • Easygoing
  • Undemanding
  • Accommodating
  • Easily pleased
  • Uncritical
Adjective
  1. (of persons) "his father was a hard-to-please taskmaster"
    • was very hard to please

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