fusspot
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9.5
- noun
- /ˈfʌsˌpɒt/
- Informal
- Whenever we plan a trip, my sister's a total fusspot, stressing over every single aspect.
Examples
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Message: If a child does not eat protein, carbs, and fat in a given meal, he will be a whiny fusspot and make you rip your hair out.
Blog text (20) -
He tends to worry over small details, making him a real fusspot at the office.
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Oh, you are a fusspot!
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Or was she just a fusspot?
Fiction book (1997) -
It started with my little fusspot not sleeping.
Blog text (21) -
- Well, it's slime or bedtime, fusspot.
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Even the old lawyers, like her father, had to admit he was doing excellent work, though some of the fusspots, threatened of course, wouldn't admit it and would begrudge Picasso a fountain pen.
Fiction book (2002) -
My friend is such a fusspot about keeping everything perfectly organized in her closet.
Synonyms
9
3.2
A person who often feels nervous about small problems
4
8.2
A person who often feels anxious about small or unlikely problems
3
6.5
A person who thinks about one thing too much in a way that harms them
2
8.6
A person who cares too much about small rules and corrects others often
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6.9
A person who often points out very small mistakes and complains about them
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8.8
A person who often complains about small, not important things
1
7.7
A person who worries a lot about small things
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9.9
A person who worries about small things for no reason
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9.8
A person who treats big problems as unimportant and focuses on small details
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8.9
A person who cares too much about small unimportant details in a hobby or project
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9.9
A person who complains a lot about small details
A person who worries too much about small imagined problems
A person who keeps making small changes to make things better
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fusspot comes from fuss ('small worry or complaint') plus the ending -pot, a friendly name part — picture a pot bubbling over with little worries. So a fusspot is someone who makes a big deal of small details.