fussiness
1
5.7
- noun
- /ˈfəsēnəs/
:
irritabilidad
- Infant massage can help your baby sleep better, reduce fussiness, and alleviate colic and constipation.
Examples
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He drove the car as if it were an adult duty, with middle-aged fussiness and worry.
Fiction book (1991) -
Her child's fussiness made it difficult for her to enjoy meals at restaurants.
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I do think a big part of some problems is what I like to call 'food fussiness.'
Blog text (12) -
On my chest, I wore my six-week-old daughter, whose dusk fussiness had sent me walking the dirt roads of Palisades.
Fiction book (1999) -
During the long car ride, his fussiness led to constant crying and complaints.
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The teacher addressed the students' fussiness by introducing more engaging activities.
Synonyms
8
4.2
Being easily annoyed or quick to become angry
5
9.0
Being easily annoyed and acting childish
3
6.0
Being easily annoyed and acting in odd, fussy ways
3
4.1
A feeling of being easily annoyed
1
7.3
A feeling of being easily annoyed and quick to lose patience
1
7.3
A tendency to become easily annoyed and impatient
1
9.9
A tendency to be easily annoyed and hard to control
1
5.5
A mood of being easily annoyed and bad-tempered
1
8.1
Being slightly angry or annoyed
1
4.0
A state of being easily annoyed and in a bad mood
1
7.2
A tendency to be easily upset by small remarks or criticism
Often being bad-tempered and hard to please
A tendency to become easily annoyed and show anger
A feeling of being nervous, annoyed, or easily upset
A tendency to be odd, fussy, or easily annoyed
Being easily annoyed and angry about small things in a childish way
A tendency to be fussy and to need extra care
Antonyms
How Irritable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fussiness comes from the short word fuss, which can mean 'to complain or worry about small things', with -y and -ness added to make a state. So, fussiness is the state of being easily upset or hard to please.