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overfastidious

fas·tid·i·ous
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fa-stid-ee-uh s, fuh-]
    • /fæˈstɪd i əs, fə-/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fa-stid-ee-uh s, fuh-]
    • /fæˈstɪd i əs, fə-/

Definitions of overfastidious word

  • adjective overfastidious excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater. 1
  • adjective overfastidious requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking. 1
  • noun overfastidious Excessively fastidious. 1
  • adjective overfastidious excessively fastidious 0

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Origin of overfastidious

First appearance:

before 1375
One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English < Latin fastīdiōsus squeamish, equivalent to fastīdi(um) lack of appetite, disgust, perhaps by syncope of *fastutīdium (fastu-, combining form of fastus pride, conceit + -tīdium combining form of taedium tedium) + -ōsus -ous

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Parts of speech for Overfastidious

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

overfastidious popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 70% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for overfastidious

adjective overfastidious

  • meticulous — taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
  • particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
  • choosy — Someone who is choosy is difficult to please because they will only accept something if it is exactly what they want or if it is of very high quality.
  • conscientious — Someone who is conscientious is very careful to do their work properly.
  • discriminating — to make or constitute a distinction in or between; differentiate: a mark that discriminates the original from the copy.

Antonyms for overfastidious

adjective overfastidious

  • careless — If you are careless, you do not pay enough attention to what you are doing, and so you make mistakes, or cause harm or damage.
  • uncritical — not inclined or able to judge, especially by the application of comparative standards: an uncritical reader.
  • unscrupulous — not scrupulous; unrestrained by scruples; conscienceless; unprincipled.
  • undemanding — requiring or claiming more than is generally felt by others to be due: a demanding teacher.
  • unfussy — full of details, especially in excess: His writing is so fussy I lose the thread of the story.

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