Fastidious
adjective
Very careful about small details or very hard to please.
She is fastidious about her work.
Often appears as...
- fastidious in work
- fastidious in nature
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Neutral
adjective
Very concerned about matters of cleanliness.
Her fastidious habits include washing her hands every hour.
Often appears as...
- fastidious about cleanliness
- fastidious habits
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Neutral
adjective
Needing a lot of detailed attention and effort.
Running a small business can be a fastidious task.
Often appears as...
- fastidious task
- fastidious work
Usage tips
Neutral
adjective
Very careful about small details or very hard to please.
She is fastidious about her work.
Often appears as...
- fastidious in work
- fastidious in nature
Usage tips
Neutral
adjective
Very concerned about matters of cleanliness.
Her fastidious habits include washing her hands every hour.
Often appears as...
- fastidious about cleanliness
- fastidious habits
Usage tips
Neutral
adjective
Needing a lot of detailed attention and effort.
Running a small business can be a fastidious task.
Often appears as...
- fastidious task
- fastidious work
Usage tips
Neutral
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Hard to Please
Use 'fastidious' to describe people who have high standards and are rarely satisfied.
The fastidious boss often made employees redo their work.
Pro Tip 2/3Detail-Oriented
Implies an orientation towards even the smallest details, possibly to the point of obsession.
Her fastidious nature made her an excellent editor.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
Can be positive. It might show thoroughness or being conscientious in tasks.
His fastidious approach ensured the event's success.
Pro Tip 1/3Hard to Please
Use 'fastidious' to describe people who have high standards and are rarely satisfied.
The fastidious boss often made employees redo their work.
Pro Tip 2/3Detail-Oriented
Implies an orientation towards even the smallest details, possibly to the point of obsession.
Her fastidious nature made her an excellent editor.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
Can be positive. It might show thoroughness or being conscientious in tasks.
His fastidious approach ensured the event's success.
Pro Tip 1/3Hard to Please
Use 'fastidious' to describe people who have high standards and are rarely satisfied.
The fastidious boss often made employees redo their work.
Pro Tip 2/3Detail-Oriented
Implies an orientation towards even the smallest details, possibly to the point of obsession.
Her fastidious nature made her an excellent editor.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
Can be positive. It might show thoroughness or being conscientious in tasks.
His fastidious approach ensured the event's success.
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Obsessions can manifest as fears of contamination and illness, worries about harming others, or preoccupations with numbers, patterns, morality, or sexual identity. And compulsions can range from excessive cleaning or double checking, to the fastidious arrangement of objects,
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anything other than the grass around me which is delightful I suspect you'll find that lion cubs don't smell her very much at all I know I do bang on about this but I think the fastidious
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Debunking the myths of...
Obsessions can manifest as fears of contamination and illness, worries about harming others, or preoccupations with numbers, patterns, morality, or sexual identity. And compulsions can range from excessive cleaning or double checking, to the fastidious arrangement of objects,
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anything other than the grass around me which is delightful I suspect you'll find that lion cubs don't smell her very much at all I know I do bang on about this but I think the fastidious
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Whit Stillman
American Director
Sometimes, people who are very fastidious about what they're going to do in their work are not very fastidious in their private life. I'm like that. I love it when people do really nice things around me, but I don't have time to do it for myself. It's very hard for me to even buy a new pair of trousers.
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Thomas Reid
Scottish Philosopher
But when, in the first setting out, he takes it for granted without proof, that distinctions found in the structure of all languages, have no foundation in nature; this surely is too fastidious a way of treating the common sense of mankind.
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Jodhi May
English Actress
I think it's important to keep things private, and there are certain boundaries I feel very particular about drawing. It may seem fastidious, but my experience of talking to the press is that I need those boundaries to remain very clear.
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Joyce Carol Oates
American Novelist
My reputation for writing quickly and effortlessly notwithstanding, I am strongly in favor of intelligent, even fastidious revision, which is, or certainly should be, an art in itself.
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Nell Zink
American Novelist
I tend to be slightly fastidious in the company I keep. As a woman, you almost need to be.
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J. J. Abrams
American Director
With three kids you are just trying to survive. You can't be fastidious.
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Henny Youngman
American Comedian
Those two are a fastidious couple. She's fast and he's hideous.
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Frank Peretti
American Author
I'm just a slow writer. I'm picky and careful and fastidious.
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Jean de La Fontaine
French Poet
The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.
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Mason Cooley
American Writer
Fastidious taste makes enjoyment a struggle.
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Whit Stillman
American Director
Sometimes, people who are very fastidious about what they're going to do in their work are not very fastidious in their private life. I'm like that. I love it when people do really nice things around me, but I don't have time to do it for myself. It's very hard for me to even buy a new pair of trousers.
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Thomas Reid
Scottish Philosopher
But when, in the first setting out, he takes it for granted without proof, that distinctions found in the structure of all languages, have no foundation in nature; this surely is too fastidious a way of treating the common sense of mankind.
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Jodhi May
English Actress
I think it's important to keep things private, and there are certain boundaries I feel very particular about drawing. It may seem fastidious, but my experience of talking to the press is that I need those boundaries to remain very clear.
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Joyce Carol Oates
American Novelist
My reputation for writing quickly and effortlessly notwithstanding, I am strongly in favor of intelligent, even fastidious revision, which is, or certainly should be, an art in itself.
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Nell Zink
American Novelist
I tend to be slightly fastidious in the company I keep. As a woman, you almost need to be.
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J. J. Abrams
American Director
With three kids you are just trying to survive. You can't be fastidious.
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Henny Youngman
American Comedian
Those two are a fastidious couple. She's fast and he's hideous.
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Frank Peretti
American Author
I'm just a slow writer. I'm picky and careful and fastidious.
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Jean de La Fontaine
French Poet
The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.
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Mason Cooley
American Writer
Fastidious taste makes enjoyment a struggle.
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