Antonyms for fastidious

Grammar : Adj

Spell : fa-stid-ee-uh s, fuh-

Phonetic Transcription : fæˈstɪd i əs, fə-

Definition of fastidious

Origin : mid-15c., "full of pride," from Latin fastidiosus "disdainful, squeamish, exacting," from fastidium "loathing, squeamishness," most likely from *fastu-taidiom, a compound of fastus "contempt, arrogance" and taedium "aversion, disgust." Early use in English was both in passive and active senses. Meaning "squeamish, over-nice" emerged in English 1610s. Related: Fastidiously; fastidiousness.

adj very careful, meticulous

Example sentences :

What would he, so fastidious as he was, think of that poster?
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

The squirrel is provident, but no more so than he is fastidious in the choice of his food.
Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright

However, she was as fastidious about what she did for herself as about what was done for her.
Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various

You can afford, you see, to keep a fine taste, and fastidious feelings!
Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

And yet the picture before him could have scarcely been unpleasing to the most fastidious eye.
Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon

But this establishment cannot please the fastidious Mr. Benson!
Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various

Parents were not so fastidious as previously in the choice of a son-in-law.
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

But Alston was fastidious, and he kept his mind as far away from the serpent as possible.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

Like all men of his class, he was fastidious over his food and wines.
Extract from : « The White Lie » by William Le Queux

Better retire than be obnoxious to even the most fastidious.
Extract from : « The Etiquette of To-day » by Edith B. Ordway

Synonyms for fastidious

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