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Definition of fastidious : Difficult to please; delicate to a fault; suited with difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a fastidious appetite.

Synonyms:

exquisite, artistic, stern, overnice, old-womanish, old-maidish, elegant, nice, pernickety, delicious, chaste, fine, painstaking, exigent, accept, tasty, prissy, study at particular, esthetic, esthetical, tasteful, choosey

refined, orderly, uncontaminated, taintless, sterile, hygienic, spick-and-span, clean, pure, sanitary, unstained, stainless, spotless, immaculate, unsullied, tidy, unsoiled, neat

mindful, ready, responsible, cautious, provident, watchful, strict, finical, attentive, regardful, vigilant, guarded, observant, alert, heedful, thorough, sharp-eyed, thoughtful, prudent, prepared

Epicurean, picky, demanding, delicate, persnickety, careful, hypercritical, diligent, fussy, meticulous, rigorous, precise, prudish, discriminating, flawless, exacting, punctilious, discerning, scrupulous, proper, perspicacious, squeamish, dainty, critical, correct, priggish, particular, conscientious, severe, finicky, accurate, prim, literal, mincing, methodical, qualmish, choosy

Usage examples:

• For though it is said at the present day, and will doubtless be said hereafter, that the Doones had devoured a baby once, as they came up Porlock hill, after fighting hard in the market- place, I knew that the tale was utterly false; for cruel and brutal as they were, their taste was very correct and choice, and indeed one might say fastidious. - "Lorna Doone, A Romance of Exmoor", R. D. Blackmore.
• Allinson, whom he had regarded with contempt as a fastidious tenderfoot, might prove a dangerous rival. - "For the Allinson Honor", Harold Bindloss.
• Here was a fastidious black. - "The Voodoo Gold Trail", Walter Walden.