fastidious
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fas·tid·i·ous
(fă-stĭd'ē-əs, fə-) 
adj.
fastidiousness fas·tid'i·ous·ness n.
adj.
- Possessing or displaying careful, meticulous attention to detail.
- Difficult to please; exacting.
- Excessively scrupulous or sensitive, especially in matters of taste or propriety. See synonyms at meticulous.
- 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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fastidious
adjective
- Showing or marked by attentiveness to all aspects or details: careful, meticulous, painstaking, punctilious, scrupulous. See careful/careless.
- Very difficult to please: choosy, dainty, exacting, finical, finicky, fussy, meticulous, nice, particular, persnickety, squeamish. Informal picky. See accept/reject.
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fastidious
adj
Definition: very careful, meticulous
Antonyms: indifferent, indiscriminating, uncareful, uncouth, uncritical, undemanding
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fastidious
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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Fastidious
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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