HOW TO PRONOUNCE
fastidious
/fæˈstɪdiəs/
Press play to hear how to pronounce fastidious.
American Pronunciation Guide · 0:47
Watch on YouTube ↗
Watch on YouTube ↗
LISTEN FOR THIS
Stress “tid,” the second syllable.
Keep the short i vowel in tid prominent, then let the following ee and uh sounds move lightly into the final s.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
TRY SAYING
“The editor was fastidious about punctuation.”
APG practice sentence · CC BY-SA 4.0
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does fastidious mean?
adjective
- Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.
- Overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness.
- Difficult to please; quick to find fault.
More meanings (1)
adjective
- Having precise requirements for nutrition and environment (chemical and physical); especially, being difficult to culture because of those requirements.
Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0
IPA pronunciation
/fæˈstɪdiəs/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
In the pages of books
See this word in context.
The fastidious and cold-hearted critic may perhaps feel himself repelled by the incoherent form in which they are presented.
In eating either she takes her food with the appearance of hungry grabbing, or she refuses it with a fastidious scorn.
More book examples (3)
Every man has his place, in which if he can be fixed, the most fastidious judge cannot look upon him with disdain.
Our list of varieties is long enough, and one must be fastidious indeed who does not find some to suit his taste.
Instead of being what we are now, the cheapest and nastiest of the animals, we shall be the costliest, most fastidious, and best bred.