Fastidious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Possessing or displaying careful, meticulous attention to detail.
  • adj. Difficult to please; exacting.
  • adj. Excessively scrupulous or sensitive, especially in matters of taste or propriety. See Synonyms at meticulous.
  • adj. Microbiology Having complicated nutritional requirements.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.
  • adj. Difficult to please; quick to find fault.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Difficult to please; delicate to a fault; suited with difficulty; squeamish
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 1. Such as to cause disgust or loathing; loathsome.
  • Hard or difficult to please; squeamish; over-nice in selecting or discriminating; difficult to suit: as, a fastidious mind or taste.
  • Synonyms Nice, Dainty, etc. See nice.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures
  • adj. giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
  • Equivalent
    choosy    fussy    nice    particular    persnickety    old-maidish    finical    overnice    meticulous    prissy   
    Antonym
    negligent    gross   
    Cross Reference
    precious   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    overnice    critical    punctilious    difficult    squeamish    particular    nice    dainty    delicate    exquisite   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    hideous    insidious    invidious   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    scrupulous    aristocratic    refine    cautious    haughty    thoughtful    sensitive    conscientious    timid    well-bred