Fussy

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Easily upset; given to bouts of ill temper: a fussy baby.
  • adj. Paying great or excessive attention to personal tastes and appearance; fastidious: He was always fussy about clothes.
  • adj. Calling for or requiring great attention to sometimes trivial details: a fussy actuarial problem.
  • adj. Full of superfluous details: "It can indeed be fussy, filling with ornament what should be empty spaceā€ ( H.D.F. Kitto).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Anxious or particular about petty details.
  • adj. Having a tendency to fuss, cry, or be ill-tempered (especially of babies).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Making a fuss; disposed to make an unnecessary ado about trifles; overnice; fidgety.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Moving and acting with fuss; bustling; making much ado about trifles; making more ado than is necessary.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. exacting especially about details
  • adj. overcrowded or cluttered with detail
  • adj. annoyed and irritable
  • Equivalent
    fastidious    fancy    ill-natured   
    Cross Reference
    picky    pedantic   
    Variant
    fussiest    fussier   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    overnice    fidgety    fastidious   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Debussy    gussy    hussy   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    officious    middle-aged    inquisitive    prim    pompous    excitable    irritable    touchy    timid    tiresome