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choosy

/ˈt͡ʃuːzi/

choosy adjective: taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements.

Adjective

choosy (comparative choosier, superlative choosiest)

  1. Taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements.
    • Since sexual relationships are more costly for female primates – they bear the kids – females are the choosier sex.2012 March 2, Elizabeth Landau, “Beholding beauty: How it’s been studied”, in CNN
    • Weiss told CNNMoney that Glossier is choosy when it launches a new product.2017 November 27, Ahiza Garcia, “How these Millennials are fighting for your holiday dollars”, in CNN, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2025

choosy meaning in Malayalam and Kannada

choosy in Malayalam

over-particular, fussy, finicky
വളരെ സൂക്ഷ്മതയുള്ള, തൃപ്തിപ്പെടുത്താൻ പ്രയാസമായ, തൃപ്തിപ്പെടുത്താൻ എളുതല്ലാത്ത, തൃപ്തിപ്പെടുത്താൻ വയ്യാത്ത, നിസ്സാരകാര്യങ്ങളിൽ കൃത്യതനടിക്കുന്ന, കർക്കശമായ ഇഷ്ടാനിഷ്ടങ്ങളുള്ള

choosy in Kannada

ಆಯ್ಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಎಚ್ಚರವಹಿಸಿದ, ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮಾಭಿರುಚಿಯ, ಕುಸಪಿಷ್ಟೆಯ

Synonyms of choosy

All synonyms of choosy

Forms of choosy

comparativechoosier
superlativechoosiest
alternative formchoosey

Origin of choosy

From choose + -y.

Words formed from choosy

Words that rhyme with choosy

Questions about choosy

What does choosy mean?
Choosy means taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements.
What is choosy in Malayalam?
Choosy in Malayalam is വളരെ സൂക്ഷ്മതയുള്ള, തൃപ്തിപ്പെടുത്താൻ പ്രയാസമായ, തൃപ്തിപ്പെടുത്താൻ എളുതല്ലാത്ത. See Choosy meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is choosy?
Choosy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce choosy?
Choosy is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃuːzi/.

Words near choosy in the dictionary

  1. choosing the wrong horse
  2. choosing up
  3. choosing violence
  4. choosingly
  5. choosings
  6. choosy
  7. choot pattern
  8. choottachi
  9. choottachis
  10. chop
  11. chop and change

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: choosy (page history and authors); choosy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); choosy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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