fastidious

fastidious is a 10-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Difficult to please; delicate to a fault; suited with difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a fastidious appetite. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Difficult to please; delicate to a fault; suited with difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a fastidious appetite.
2. adjective. giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness

   "a fastidious and incisive intellect"

   "fastidious about personal cleanliness"

3. adjective. having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures

   "fastidious microorganisms"

   "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements"

   Synonyms: exacting

Synonyms

exacting

Common word forms

fastidiously, fastidiousness

Words from these letters

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