hard-to-please

1. 1.

   (of persons) fussy and demanding

   “his father was a hard-to-please taskmaster”

   “was very hard to please”

   Synonymshard to please

   Similardemanding

Questions about hard-to-please

What does hard-to-please mean?

hard-to-please means "(of persons) fussy and demanding".

How many syllables are in hard-to-please?

hard-to-please has 4 syllables: hard--to--ple-ase. The stress falls on "to-".

What is another word for hard-to-please?

Close synonyms include hard to please. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.