ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsFfastidious
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fastidious
Meaning: very attentive to detail; hard to please
fastidious in a sentence
How fastidious is used in real sentences:
The fastidious chef rearranged every plate three times.
The fastidious chef rearranged every plate three times.
“By midnight, Mira was measuring poppy seeds with the fastidious care Mr.”
— from the passage Before Sunrise
Synonyms for fastidious
Other words for fastidious — meticulous, finicky, fussy and exacting — carry the same meaning.
- meticulous
- finicky
- fussy
- exacting
Antonyms of fastidious
Words that mean the opposite of fastidious:
- slovenly
- careless
- sloppy
Where it comes from
From Latin fastidium 'loathing'
Memory hook
FAST-IDIOUS = FAST-idly fixes every detail.
Practice fastidious in the app