Fastidiousness

Fastidiousness
(Roget's Thesaurus)
<- N
PARAG:Fastidiousness->N
GRP: \\ N \\ 1
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ fastidiousness
fastidiousness
&c.->Adj.
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ nicety
nicety
hypercriticism
difficulty in being pleased
friandise
epicurism
omnia suspendens naso
GRP: \\ N \\ 2
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ epicure
epicure
gourmet
=>(Excess of delicacy)
GRP: \\ N \\ Excess of delicacy
Sgm: \\ N \\ Excess of delicacy \\ prudery
prudery
PARAG:Fastidiousness->V
GRP: \\ V \\ 1
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ be fastidious
be fastidious
&c.->Adj.
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ have a sweet tooth
have a sweet tooth
GRP: \\ V \\ 2
Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ mince the matter
mince the matter
Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ turn up one's nose at
turn up one's nose at
&c.(disdain) 930
Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ look a gift horse in the mouth
look a gift horse in the mouth
see spots on the sun
PARAG:Fastidiousness->Adj
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ fastidious
fastidious
nice
delicate
delicat
finical
difficult
dainty
lickerish
squeamish
thin-skinned
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ squeasy
squeasy
queasy
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ hard to please
hard to please
difficult to please
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ querulous
querulous
particular
straitlaced
scrupulous
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ censorious
censorious
&c. 932
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ hypercritical
hypercritical
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ overcritical
overcritical

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  • fastidiousness — noun see fastidious …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • fastidiousness — See fastidiously. * * * …   Universalium

  • fastidiousness — noun The quality of being fastidious …   Wiktionary

  • fastidiousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Attentiveness to detail: care, carefulness, meticulousness, pain (used in plural), painstaking, punctiliousness, scrupulousness, thoroughness. See CAREFUL …   English dictionary for students

  • fastidiousness — fas tid·i·ous·ness || fæ stɪdɪəsnɪs n. pickiness, selectiveness, choosiness; quality of being overly refined; quality of paying extreme attention to minute details …   English contemporary dictionary

  • fastidiousness — fas·tid·i·ous·ness …   English syllables

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