fussy
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5.0
- adjective
- /ˈfəsi/
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recargado
- Her dress was beautiful but a bit fussy, covered in intricate lace and embellishments that seemed overwhelming.
- too fussy
- fussy and complicated
- fussy details
I'm sorry, all my products are so fussy, but you get it.
- I'm sorry, all my products are so fussy, but you get it.
- So it is pretty hands off and timing wise it is less fussy than the other methods that we just went over.
- I love the way she writes elegantly without without being fussy.
- I think this is a good BB cream for anyone that wants a decent everyday BU cream that I want to send with powder or anything that is not too fussy.
- I want them to be nude, salmon pink, fussy.
- Yeah, it's, it's unusually fussy and sort of solves a problem that very few people have other than this concept that you might get rich.
Examples
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I pictured them at a double wedding, in fussy white dresses that their mother sewed, and everyone beaming at them.
Fiction book (1995) -
Three days later, Clara sat in Sally Bordereau's small, fussy parlor in the wealthier, cleaner part of town.
Fiction book (1993) -
We are a family of 5 with 3 children, so something nice but not too fussy.
Blog text (22) -
I'm sorry, all my products are so fussy, but you get it.
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I am not that fussy, obviously, so we're going to do the easier mod.
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It feels less fussy than the Rose ink one.
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Nothing too fussy; keep it simple; don't risk frightening them off.
Fiction book (1995) -
Even though she never showed him any appreciation or affection, he knew she honestly tolerated the fussy habits he had developed after years of living alone.
Fiction book (1996) -
The woman's exterior seemed so conventional, even fussy; this playful drollery came as a surprise.
Fiction book (2002) -
I almost never follow recipes exactly—only when making fussy things like cake or layered pastry doughs.
Blog text (8)
Synonyms
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3.7
Having many small parts or facts that you can see
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6.7
Having many small parts or details that are hard to understand
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4.0
Having too many details so it looks crowded
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7.9
Hard to do because it has small, delicate parts
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9.0
Having many small annoying details that make things difficult
Too complicated and full of detail that is not needed
Too decorated so it looks showy and not natural
Having small decorative details that are unnecessary
Having too many details that make it hard to follow
Very careful and exact but too detailed to follow
Being more exact than needed
Too worried about small details and hard to please
Antonyms
Compounds
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fussy comes from the word fuss, which means a 'small, not needed show' or a lot of little activity. A 'fussy' design has many extra tiny bits—like someone making a 'fuss' with decorations—so it feels crowded or too detailed.