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overfastidious

/fa-stid-ee-uhs, fuh-/US // fæˈstɪd i əs, fə- //UK // (fæˈstɪdɪəs) //

痴心妄想,痴心不改,痴心妄想症,厌恶

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
    • : requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as infussy

Examples

  • As she builds a suitable existence, marrying a fastidious Oxford don and having babies, Fanny’s yearning for her cousin’s outsize presence gnaws at what is supposed to be domestic bliss.

  • All three are fastidious in not appearing to be party stooges.

  • The novel is fast-paced, but González is fastidious in tying together every character and almost-missable detail by the end.

  • Similarly, as Chattman points out, you should be fastidious about making sure your bowls are completely clear of oil or other grease, as those fats can cause the same issue.

  • Very rarely, though, that fastidious and precise pulse deteriorates into a disorganized scramble.

  • Jeffries is apparently a frequent flyer as well as a fastidious and exacting one.

  • But I can attest first hand: one lapse aside, Fareed is just such a fastidious writer.

  • So that fastidious snuff-takers may dismiss this bugbear at once and forever.

  • It is one of the finest burning tobaccos in the world, and does not fail to suit the taste of the most fastidious of smokers.

  • Had she, so observant, so discerning in her fastidious taste—had she failed to notice the small detail too?

  • There are a great many obscene minds, yet more railing and satirical, but very few fastidious ones.

  • He was slow and fastidious in composition, and the poem suffered from over-elaboration.