Overnice — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

excessively fastidious and easily disgusted

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˌoʊvɚnˈaɪs/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌəʊvənˈaɪs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌəʊvənˈaɪs/

3 syllables Say it as /ˌoʊvɚnˈaɪs/.

Examples

too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

dainty squeamish nice prissy

Parts of Speech

adjective

excessively fastidious and easily disgusted

“too nice about his food to take to camp cooking”

Word Forms

squeamishness

noun

a mild state of nausea

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

spitzfindig

übermäßig wählerisch und leicht angeekelt

🇫🇷French

trop gentil

excessivement pointilleux et facilement dégoûté

🇪🇸Spanish

demasiado agradable

excesivamente fastidioso y fácilmente disgustado

🇮🇹Italian

troppo bello

eccessivamente meticoloso e facilmente disgustabile

🇳🇱Dutch

overdreven

overdreven kieskeurig en gemakkelijk walgend

🇵🇹Portuguese

demais

excessivamente exigente e facilmente enojado

🇷🇺Russian

приятный

чрезмерно привередлив и легко вызывает отвращение

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अत्यधिक अच्छा

अत्यधिक नकचढ़ा और आसानी से घृणित

🇮🇳Tamil

மேலோட்டமான

அதிக வேகமான மற்றும் எளிதில் அருவருப்பானது

🇮🇳Telugu

అతి చక్కని

చాలా వేగంగా మరియు సులభంగా అసహ్యంగా ఉంటుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

जास्त

अत्यंत निष्ठुर आणि सहज घृणास्पद

🇮🇳Gujarati

અતિશય

અતિશય કપટપૂર્ણ અને સરળતાથી અણગમો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅತಿಯಾದ

ಅತಿಯಾದ ವೇಗದ ಮತ್ತು ಸುಲಭವಾಗಿ ಅಸಹ್ಯಕರ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അതിമനോഹരമായ

അമിത വേഗതയുള്ളതും എളുപ്പത്തിൽ വെറുപ്പുളവാക്കുന്നതുമാണ്

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

奥弗尼斯

过分挑剔，容易反感

🇯🇵Japanese

オーバーニース

過度に潔癖で、すぐに嫌悪感を抱く

🇰🇷Korean

지나치게 훌륭하다

지나치게 까다롭고 쉽게 싫증을 낸다.

🇻🇳Vietnamese

quá đẹp

quá khó tính và dễ chán ghét

🇹🇭Thai

เกินพอดี

จุกจิกมากเกินไปและรังเกียจง่าย

🇮🇩Indonesian

terlalu bagus

terlalu rewel dan mudah merasa jijik

🇵🇭Filipino

sobrang ganda

masyadong madaldal at madaling mainis

🇲🇾Malay

terlalu bagus

terlalu cerewet dan mudah meluat

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

com.overnice

شديد الحساسية ويشعر بالاشمئزاز بسهولة

🇮🇷Persian

بیش از حد

بیش از حد سختگیر و به راحتی منزجر می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

aşırı güzel

aşırı titiz ve kolayca tiksinti duyan

🇮🇱Hebrew

יופי

קפדן יתר על המידה ומגעיל בקלות

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