Web1 : very careful about how you do something He is fastidious about keeping the house clean. a fastidious dresser/scholar 2 : liking few things : hard to please a fastidious eater/diner 3 : wanting to always be clean, neat, etc. She was too fastidious to do anything that might get her dirty. — fastidiously adverb a fastidiously researched book

WebDec 8, 2016 · fastidious adjective fas· tid· i· ous fa-ˈsti-dē-əs fə- 1 a : showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care fastidious attention to detail Robert Evett b : reflecting a meticulous, sensitive, or demanding attitude fastidious workmanship c : having high and often capricious standards : difficult to please

WebJan 25, 2023 · fastidious ( comparative more fastidious, superlative most fastidious ) Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness . Synonyms: exacting, fussy, meticulous, niggly, pernickety; see also Thesaurus: fastidious Overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness .

Webadj. very careful, meticulous synonyms for fastidious Compare Synonyms choosy discriminating exacting finicky fussy squeamish captious critical dainty demanding difficult easily disgusted finical fussbudgety hard to please hypercritical nice nit-picky overdelicate overnice particular persnickety picky punctilious queasy stickling

Web1. Showing or acting with extreme care and concern for details. 2. Archaic Excessively careful and precise. [From Latin metīculōsus, timid, from metus, fear .] me·tic′u·los′i·ty (-lŏs′ĭ-tē), me·tic′u·lous·ness n. me·tic′u·lous·ly adv. Synonyms: meticulous, painstaking, careful, scrupulous, fastidious, punctilious

WebDefine squeamish. squeamish synonyms, squeamish pronunciation, squeamish translation, English dictionary definition of squeamish. adj. 1. a. Easily nauseated or sickened. ... squeamish - excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with …

WebJan 6, 2015 · 1 a : easily nauseated : queasy b : affected with nausea 2 a : excessively fastidious or scrupulous in conduct or belief b : easily offended or disgusted squeamishly …

WebDec 8, 2003 · fastidious an adjective that describes a person or something that is hard to please. The child's fastidious appetite resulted in the family going to a different …

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