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fastidious
adjective
(fas-tid-i-ous)
having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures
Synonyms:
exacting
,
Antonyms:
unfastidious
,
Examples:
Fastidious microorganisms.
fastidious
adjective
(fas-tid-i-ous)
giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
Antonyms:
unfastidious
,
Examples:
A fastidious and incisive intellect.
Fastidious about personal cleanliness.
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meticulous
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fussy
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persnickety
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pernickety
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finicky
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prissy
,
exacting
,
squeamish
,
dainty
,
choosy
,
choosey
,
particular
,
nice
,
old-maidish
,
old-womanish
,
overnice
,
finical
,
careful
,
rigorous
,
thorough
,
selective
,
difficult
,
very
,
punctilious
,
scrupulous
,
conscientious
,
assiduous
,
diligent
,
pedantic
,
obsessive
,
picky
,
dutiful
,
studious
,
attentive
,
mannerly
,
uptight
,
mannered
,
solicitous
,
zealous
,
decorous
,
amiable
,
polite
,
gentlemanly
,
erudite
,
genteel
,
pretentious
,
insouciant
,
neurotic
,
adroit
,
waspish
,
unfastidious
,
foppish
,
compulsive
,
officious
,
unshowy
,
supercilious
,
priggish
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saturnine
,
urbane
,
suave
,
phlegmatic
,
genial
,
humorless
,
droll
,
haughty
,
canny
,
dandyish
,
stolid
,
immaculate
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monomaniacal
,
twitchy
,
nerdish
,
absentminded
,
scatty
,
imperturbable
,
doltish
,
debonair
,
chivalrous
,
obsequious
,
pompous
,
slovenly
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prolix
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raffish
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oleaginous
,
lumpish
,
eccentric
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caddish
,
donnish
,
clubbable
,
epicene
,
brusk
,
brusque
,
monkish
,
taciturn
,
effete
,
verbose
,
francophile
,
snappish
,
tenderhearted
,
abstemious
,
fastidious
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