over-fastidious
adjective
(alsooverfastidious)uk/ˌəʊ.və.fæsˈtɪd.i.əs/us/ˌoʊ.vɚ.fæsˈtɪd.i.əs/giving too muchattentiontosmalldetailsandwantingeverything to be morecorrectthan isnecessaryorhelpful:
He iscriticalofothers, over-fastidious, andlikesto be inchargeof everything.
Herpronunciationiscarefulandexact, and sometimessoundsoverfastidious.
- Hecallsme over-fastidious because I won'tevenhave onedrinkbeforedriving.
- With herstudentsshe is over-fastidious anddemanding, andcriticizesmuch of theworktheyproduce.
- An over-fastidiousvolunteerhadcorrectedthespellingon thesign.
Wanting everything to be right
- anally
- anally retentive
- choosy
- cover all the basesidiom
- dot the i's and cross the t'sidiom
- finicky
- fuss
- fussbudget
- fussily
- fussiness
- pedant
- pedantic
- pedantically
- pedantry
- perfectionism
- punctiliously
- punctiliousness
- purism
- purist
- stickler