About The Word Fussy

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Fussy

Fussy Meaning & Definition
Fussy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fussy?

[adj] exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared"
[adj] perversely irritable
[adj] overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fussy: bad-tempered | busy | crabbed | crabby | cross | fancy | fastidious | finical | finicky | grouchy | grumpy | ill-natured | ill-tempered | particular

Related Terms | Find terms related to Fussy: accurate | agitated | arabesque | attentive | baroque | bustling | busy | Byzantine | chichi | choosy | close | conscientious | conscionable | correct | critical | dainty | delicate | demanding | detailed | difficult | discriminating | elaborate | elegant | exact | exacting | exigent | exquisite | fancy | fastidious | fidgety | fine | finical | finicking | finicky | finikin | flamboyant | florid | flowery | fluttering | fluttery | fretful | frilly | full | fuss-budgety | fussing | gingerbread | hard to please | heedful | high-wrought | hopping | humming | hustling | irritable | jumpy | labored | lively | luxuriant | luxurious | meticulous | minute | moresque | narrow | nice | nit-picking | ornate | ostentatious | overelaborate | overelegant | overlabored | overworked | overwrought | painstaking | particular | pawky | pernickety | persnickety | picayune | picky | picturesque | popping | precise | precisianistic | precisionistic | pretty-pretty | punctilious | punctual | queasy | querulous | refined | religious | restive | restless | rich | rigid | rigorous | rococo | scrupulous | scrutinizing | special | specific | squeamish | strict | subtle | tense | turbulent | uneasy | unquiet | unrestful | unsettled

See Also |

Fussy In Webster's Dictionary

\Fuss"y\, a. [Compar. {Fussier}; superl {Fussiest}.] Making a fuss; disposed to make an unnecessary ado about trifles; overnice; fidgety. Not at all fussy about his personal appearance. --R. G. White.

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