hard to please

hard to please
index particular (exacting), querulous

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  • hard-to-please — adj. Requiring great patience and effort and skill; demanding; of persons. Opposite of {undemanding}. Syn: harsh, demanding. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hard to please — adjective (of persons) his father was a hard to please taskmaster was very hard to please • Syn: ↑hard to please • Similar to: ↑demanding …   Useful english dictionary

  • hard-to-please — adjective (of persons) his father was a hard to please taskmaster was very hard to please • Syn: ↑hard to please • Similar to: ↑demanding …   Useful english dictionary

  • please — please1 W2S1 [pli:z] interjection 1.) used to be polite when asking someone to do something ▪ Could you please clean up the living room? ▪ Sit down, please. ▪ Please be quiet! 2.) used to be polite when asking for something ▪ I d like a cup of… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • hard — /hahrd/, adj., harder, hardest, adv., harder, hardest, n. adj. 1. not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable. 2. firmly formed; tight: a hard knot. 3. difficult to do or accomplish;… …   Universalium

  • hard — /had / (say hahd) adjective 1. solid and firm to the touch; not soft. 2. firmly formed; tight: a hard knot. 3. difficult to do or accomplish; fatiguing; troublesome: a hard task. 4. difficult or troublesome with respect to an action specified:… …  

  • hard — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 (of a substance, material, etc.) firm and solid; unyielding to pressure; not easily cut. 2 a difficult to understand or explain (a hard problem). b difficult to accomplish (a hard decision). c (foll. by to + infin.) not… …   Useful english dictionary

  • hard — [[t]hɑrd[/t]] adj. and adv. er, est. 1) not soft; solid and firm to the touch 2) firmly formed; tight: a hard knot[/ex] 3) difficult to do or accomplish; fatiguing; troublesome: a hard task[/ex] 4) difficult or troublesome with respect to an… …   From formal English to slang

  • Please Mr. Postman — Single by The Marvelettes from the album Please Mr. Postman Released …   Wikipedia

  • Please Please Me (álbum) — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Please Please Me Álbum de The Beatles Publicación 22 de marzo de 1963 (mono) 26 de abril de 1963 (stereo) …   Wikipedia Español

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