fastidious

(fă-stĭd'ē-əs, fə-)
adj.

1. Possessing or displaying careful, meticulous attention to detail.
2. Difficult to please; exacting.
3. Excessively scrupulous or sensitive, especially in matters of taste or propriety. See synonyms at meticulous.
4. Microbiology. Having complicated nutritional requirements.

[Middle English, squeamish, particular, haughty, from Old French fastidieux, from Latin fastīdiōsus, from fastīdium, squeamishness, haughtiness, probably from fastus, disdain.]

fastidiously fas·tid'i·ous·ly adv.
fastidiousness fas·tid'i·ous·ness n.

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adjective

1. Showing or marked by attentiveness to all aspects or details: careful, meticulous, painstaking, punctilious, scrupulous. See careful/careless.
2. Very difficult to please: choosy, dainty, exacting, finical, finicky, fussy, meticulous, nice, particular, persnickety, squeamish. Informal picky. See accept/reject.

adj

Definition: very careful, meticulous
Antonyms: indifferent, indiscriminating, uncareful, uncouth, uncritical, undemanding

IN BRIEF: Very particular and sensitive.

There is one thing that matters — to set a chime of words tinkling in the minds of a few fastidious people. — Logan Smith (1865-1946).

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For a list of words related to fastidious, see:

• Proper, Courteous, Refined, or Puritanical
• Demanding, Critical, Calculating, or Selfish

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kræsen, forvænt, overforfinet

Nederlands (Dutch)
veeleisend, kieskeurig

Français (French)
adj. - délicat, difficile

Deutsch (German)
adj. - wählerisch, schwer zu befriedigend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - απαιτητικός, που δύσκολα ικανοποιείται, σχολαστικός (κν. ψείρας)

Italiano (Italian)
difficile, esigente, incontentabile, schifiltoso, meticoloso, pignolo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - enfadonho

Русский (Russian)
разборчивый, требовательный, брезгливый, утонченный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - quisquilloso, melindroso, remilgado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - kräsen

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
难取悦的, 苛求的, 挑剔的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 難取悅的, 苛求的, 挑剔的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 까다로운, 결벽한, 꼼꼼한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 気難しい, 潔癖な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) صعب إرضاؤه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אנין-טעם, איסטניס, בררן‬

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