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All overexact synonyms

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adjective overexact

  • fastidious β€” excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
  • narrow-minded β€” having or showing a prejudiced mind, as persons or opinions; biased.
  • prissy β€” excessively proper; affectedly correct; prim.
  • puritanical β€” very strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so; rigidly austere.
  • squeamish β€” fastidious or dainty.
  • uptight β€” tense, nervous, or jittery.
  • victorian β€” of or relating to Queen Victoria or the period of her reign: Victorian poets.
  • affected β€” If you describe someone's behaviour as affected, you disapprove of the fact that they behave in an unnatural way that is intended to impress other people.
  • artificial β€” Artificial objects, materials, or processes do not occur naturally and are created by human beings, for example using science or technology.
  • austere β€” If you describe something as austere, you approve of its plain and simple appearance.
  • bigoted β€” Someone who is bigoted has strong, unreasonable prejudices or opinions and will not change them, even when they are proved to be wrong.
  • conventional β€” Someone who is conventional has behaviour or opinions that are ordinary and normal.
  • demure β€” If you describe someone, usually a young woman, as demure, you mean they are quiet and rather shy, usually in a way that you like and find appealing, and behave very correctly.
  • finicky β€” excessively particular or fastidious; difficult to please; fussy.
  • genteel β€” belonging or suited to polite society.
  • illiberal β€” narrowminded; bigoted.
  • mincing β€” (of the gait, speech, behavior, etc.) affectedly dainty, nice, or elegant.
  • narrow β€” of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
  • offish β€” aloof; unapproachable; standoffish.
  • modest β€” having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
  • overnice β€” pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
  • precise β€” definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
  • pretentious β€” characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
  • priggish β€” a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
  • prim β€” formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat.
  • proper β€” adapted or appropriate to the purpose or circumstances; fit; suitable: the proper time to plant strawberries.
  • rigid β€” stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.
  • rigorous β€” characterized by rigor; rigidly severe or harsh, as people, rules, or discipline: rigorous laws.
  • scrupulous β€” having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.
  • severe β€” harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism; severe laws.
  • simpering β€” to smile in a silly, self-conscious way.
  • square β€” a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
  • starchy β€” of, relating to, or of the nature of starch.
  • stern β€” rear of boat
  • stiff β€” rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
  • stilted β€” stiffly dignified or formal, as speech or literary style; pompous.
  • stuffy β€” close; poorly ventilated: a stuffy room.
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