exacting

ex·act·ing

adj \ig-ˈzak-tiŋ\

Definition of EXACTING

1

: tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands

2

: requiring careful attention and precision

— ex·act·ing·ly \-tiŋ-lē\ adverb

— ex·act·ing·ness noun

Examples of EXACTING

1. He has very exacting standards.
2. <he was shocked when his normally exacting supervisor complimented him on a job well done>

First Known Use of EXACTING

1634

Related to EXACTING

Synonyms: choosy (or choosey), dainty, delicate, demanding, finicky, fastidious, finical, finicking, fussbudgety, fussy, nice, old-maidish, particular, pernickety [chiefly British], persnickety, picky

Antonyms: undemanding, unfastidious, unfussy

Related Words: hyperfastidious, overdemanding, ultrafastidious; discerning, discriminating, selective; insightful, knowledgeable; captious, carping, caviling (or cavilling), critical, faultfinding, hypercritical, overcritical; careful, meticulous, painstaking, punctilious, scrupulous; queasy (also queazy), squeamish; peevish, petulant, prickly, touchy; niminy-piminy, prim, prissy

Near Antonyms: affable, breezy, carefree, devil-may-care, happy-go-lucky, lackadaisical, laid-back, low-pressure, relaxed; flexible, lax, loose; lenient, permissive; uncritical; indiscriminating, undiscriminating

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Rhymes with EXACTING

self-acting