fastidious
11fastidious — /fæsˈtɪdiəs / (say fas tideeuhs) adjective 1. hard to please; excessively critical: a fastidious taste. 2. anxious to achieve the best result; particular: fastidious attention to detail. {Latin fastīdiōsus, from fastīdium loathing, disgust}… …
12fastidious — fastidiously, adv. fastidiousness, n. /fa stid ee euhs, feuh /, adj. 1. excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater. 2. requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking. [1375 1425; late …
13fastidious — adjective /fæˈstɪdiəs,fəˈstɪdiəs/ a) Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details. Its burn[t], Msieur, said Marie Louise, politely, but decidedly, to the utter confusion of Mr. Billy, who was as mortified as could be at the failure… …
14fastidious — In bacteriology, having complex nutritional requirements. * * * fas·tid·i·ous fa stid ē əs, fə adj having complex nutritional requirements <fastidious microorganisms> used of bacteria that grow only in specially fortified artificial culture …
15fastidious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. finicky, [over]nice, fussy, crotchety. See taste. Ant., gross, tasteless. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. squeamish, overnice, meticulous; see careful , particular 3 , squeamish . See Synonym Study at… …
16fastidious — fas|tid|i|ous [fæˈstıdiəs] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: fastidiosus, from fastidium strong dislike ] very careful about small details in your appearance, work etc = ↑meticulous ▪ people who are fastidious about personal hygiene and… …
17fastidious — adjective very careful about small details in your appearance, work etc: dressed with fastidious care compare fussy (1) fastidiously adverb fastidiousness noun (U) …
18fastidious — adjective he was fastidious about personal hygiene Syn: scrupulous, punctilious, painstaking, meticulous; perfectionist, fussy, finicky, overparticular; critical, overcritical, hypercritical, hard to please, exacting, demanding; informal… …
19fastidious — Synonyms and related words: accurate, appreciative, bleached, bright, careful, censorious, choicy, choosy, civilized, clean, cleanly, conscientious, critical, cultivated, cultured, dainty, delicate, differential, difficult, dirt free,… …
20fastidious — fas|tid|i|ous [ fə stıdiəs ] adjective 1. ) caring a lot about small details and wanting everything to be correct and neat 2. ) keeping your clothes, possessions, and property very clean and neat ╾ fas|tid|i|ous|ly adverb ╾ fas|tid|i|ous|ness… …
