fussyadjective
uk/ˈfʌs.i/us/ˈfʌs.i/disapprovingfussy adjective (NOT EASILY SATISFIED)
C2 not easily satisfied, or having very high standards about particular things:
All my children were fussy eaters.
He's so fussy about the house - everything has to be absolutely perfect.
"Why am I still single?" "You're too fussy - that's your problem!"
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Wanting everything to be right
- anal
- anally retentive
- choosy
- dot
- dot the i's and cross the t's idiom
- faddy
- fastidious
- fussbudget
- fusspot
- houseproud
- martinet
- nitpicking
- particular
- perfectionism
- perfectionist
- pernickety
- persnickety
- pettifogging
- purist
- stickler
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fussy adjective (DECORATED TOO MUCH)
having too much decoration and too many small details, in a way that is not stylish:
They've got those curtains that tie up with big bows - they're a little bit fussy for my taste.
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Not attractive to look at
- a blot on the landscape idiom
- back end
- be no oil painting idiom
- be not much to look at idiom
- blowsy
- florid
- ghoulish
- hideously
- horsey
- inelegant
- look a fright idiom
- look like the back end of a bus idiom
- minger
- monstrosity
- putrid
- twee
- ugly
- ugly duckling
- unappealing
- unappetizing
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fussy adjective (BABY)
US A fussy baby is unhappy or difficult to please:
It seems that the baby is always fussy at dinnertime.
fussily
adverb uk/ˈfʌs.əl.i/us/ˈfʌs.əl.i/
fussily decorated
fussiness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈfʌs.i.nəs/us/ˈfʌs.i.nəs/
Idiom(s)
I'm not fussy/fussed