fastidious
excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking.
Origin of fastidious
1synonym study For fastidious
Other words from fastidious
- fas·tid·i·ous·ly, adverb
- fas·tid·i·ous·ness, noun
- hy·per·fas·tid·i·ous, adjective
- hy·per·fas·tid·i·ous·ly, adverb
- hy·per·fas·tid·i·ous·ness, noun
- non·fas·tid·i·ous, adjective
- non·fas·tid·i·ous·ly, adverb
- non·fas·tid·i·ous·ness, noun
- o·ver·fas·tid·i·ous, adjective
- o·ver·fas·tid·i·ous·ly, adverb
- o·ver·fas·tid·i·ous·ness, noun
- ul·tra·fas·tid·i·ous, adjective
- ul·tra·fas·tid·i·ous·ly, adverb
- ul·tra·fas·tid·i·ous·ness, noun
- un·fas·tid·i·ous, adjective
- un·fas·tid·i·ous·ly, adverb
- un·fas·tid·i·ous·ness, noun
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How to use fastidious in a sentence
O’Brien was said by colleagues to have been a fastidious dresser and smooth talker.
Tim O’Brien, ABC News journalist who covered Supreme Court, dies at 77 | Bart Barnes | December 1, 2020 | Washington PostLacking this excluded multitude his fastidiousness would have no subject, and his singularity no contrast.
Ceres' Runaway | Alice MeynellBut in addition to the fact that he finds no deer, he is a good deal of trouble from the fastidiousness of his appetite.
Three in Norway | James Arthur LeesOne can understand, of course, how an unreasonable and troublesome fastidiousness might be shown regarding travellers' tales.
Mysterious Psychic Forces | Camille FlammarionShe told herself that his fastidiousness shrank from any but a "light touch," and that hers had not been light enough.
Tales Of Men And Ghosts | Edith Wharton
She retraced her steps, putting down her feet with the delicate fastidiousness of a cat in order not to tread on a flower.
Balloons | Elizabeth Bibesco
British Dictionary definitions for fastidious
/ (fæˈstɪdɪəs) /
very critical; hard to please
excessively particular about details
exceedingly delicate; easily disgusted
Origin of fastidious
1Derived forms of fastidious
- fastidiously, adverb
- fastidiousness, noun
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