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exacting
adjective
1 exacting
Having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures:
— Certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements.
synonym: fastidious.
Roget 817a:
greedy,
avaricious,
covetous,
acquisitive,
grasping;
rapacious;
lickerish†.
greedy as a hog;
overeager;
voracious;
ravenous,
ravenous as a wolf;
openmouthed,
extortionate,
exacting,
sordid†,
alieni appetens [Lat.];
insatiable,
insatiate;
unquenchable,
quenchless;
omnivorous.
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Roget 868:
fastidious,
nice,
delicate,
delicat†,
finical,
finicky,
demanding,
meticulous,
exacting,
strict,
anal [Vulg.],
difficult,
dainty,
lickerish†,
squeamish,
thin-skinned;
squeasy†,
queasy;
hard to please,
difficult to please;
querulous,
particular,
straitlaced,
scrupulous;
censorious
etc.
932;
hypercritical;
overcritical.
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2 exacting
Severe and unremitting in making demands:
— An exacting instructor.
synonyms: stern, strict.
Roget 739:
severe;
strict,
hard,
harsh,
dour,
rigid,
stiff,
stern,
rigorous,
uncompromising,
exacting,
exigent,
exigeant†,
inexorable,
inflexible,
obdurate,
austere,
hard-headed,
hard-nosed,
hard-shell [U.S.],
relentless,
Spartan,
Draconian,
stringent,
strait-laced,
searching,
unsparing,
iron-handed,
peremptory,
absolute,
positive,
arbitrary,
imperative;
coercive
etc.
744;
tyrannical,
extortionate,
grinding,
withering,
oppressive,
inquisitorial;
inclement
etc.
(ruthless)
914.1;
cruel
etc.
(malevolent)
907;
haughty,
arrogant
etc.
885;
precisian†.
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Polish: srogi, surowy
3 exacting
Requiring precise accuracy:
— An exacting job.
synonym: exigent.
Roget 832:
discontented;
dissatisfied
etc.
v.;
unsatisfied,
ungratified;
dissident;
dissentient
etc.
489;
malcontent,
malcontented,
exigent,
exacting,
hypercritical.
repining
etc.
v.;
regretful
etc.
833;
down in the mouth
etc.
(dejected)
837.
in high dudgeon,
in a fume,
in the sulks,
in the dumps,
in bad humor;
glum,
sulky;
sour as a crab;
soured,
sore;
out of humor,
out of temper.
disappointing
etc.
v.;
unsatisfactory.
frustrated
(failure)
732.
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