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[ fuhs-ee ] / ˈfʌs i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR fussy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, fuss·i·er, fuss·i·est.excessively busy with trifles; anxious or particular about petty details. hard to satisfy or please: a fussy eater. (of clothes, decoration, etc.) elaborately made, trimmed, or decorated: All the bric-a-brac gave the room a fussy, cluttered look. full of details, especially in excess: His writing is so fussy I lose the thread of the story. Origin of fussyFirst recorded in 1825–35; fuss + -y1 SYNONYMS FOR fussy2 particular, choosy, finicky, persnickety. SEE SYNONYMS FOR fussy ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM fussyfuss·i·ly, adverbfuss·i·ness, nouno·ver·fuss·y, adjectiveun·fuss·i·ly, adverb un·fuss·i·ness, nounun·fuss·y, adjective Words nearby fussyfuss, fuss and feathers, fussbox, fussbudget, fusspot, fussy, fustanella, fustet, fustian, fustic, fustigate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fussyIt was nearing naptime and so the three hurried to grab groceries, worrying that the baby would get fussy after too long. Westgate's Chilling Security Video Reveals Shopping Mall Bloodbath|Nina Strochlic|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST The fussy legal language complicates what is sometimes a life-or-death situation. When Pro-Life Means Death|Kitty Holland|November 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST They're not fussy; they don't care who takes charge as long as someone does. End the War in Afghanistan Now?|Eleanor Clift|March 26, 2011|DAILY BEAST Three years in Singapore: another alien identity card and immense red tape in that fussy, litigious bureaucracy. Arizona, Show Your Papers? So What!|Paul Theroux|May 4, 2010|DAILY BEAST
It feels dated, the staff far too fussy, and for the money you can do a lot better. Gal With a Suitcase|Jolie Hunt|April 3, 2010|DAILY BEAST When I thought she was a burgher girl, I felt like a fussy old hen with a flock of ducks if he were alone with her. Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy|Charles Major Since then she had journeyed short distances up and down the coast, learning her own fussy ways and teaching them to her makers. West Of The Sun|Edgar Pangborn It isnt us, anyhow, he added, for the benefit of the fussy man. The Motor Boys After a Fortune|Clarence Young Once more there was a look at the end, but the "fussy old duck" was not satisfied, and, again had recourse to the flame. The Golf Course Mystery|Chester K. Steele In those days folks 'made preparations' to go abroad—the dear, fussy, old-fashioned creatures! The Eddy|Clarence L. Cullen
British Dictionary definitions for fussy
adjective fussier or fussiestinclined to fuss over minor points very particular about detail characterized by overelaborate detailthe furniture was too fussy to be elegant Derived forms of fussyfussily, adverbfussiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to fussyscrupulous, choosy, discriminating, squeamish, conscientious, finicky, careful, dainty, difficult, exact, exacting, fastidious, fretful, fuddy-duddy, heedful, painstaking, persnickety, picky, punctilious, punctual |