fussy
24
3.9
- adjective
- /ˈfəsi/
:
quisquilloso
- You know how fussy rich people are.
- a fussy child
So those infants are more fussy, less calm.
- So those infants are more fussy, less calm.
- It's, it's, you know, I'm not a fussy guy when it comes to seeing movies.
- Now I am hugely fussy with perfumes.
- I'm quite fussy with sweet autumn scents.
- I think people are so much fussier online in a way that they're not in real life.
- And one day Emma, her leg was swelling and she was fussy and she seemed like she was in pain.
- And even if inflation keeps coming down, the Fed's going to keep being fussy.
- They're they're early blooming, they're Hardy, they aren't fussy.
- And don't let people write off your discernment that you're cold or distant or fussy or picky or suspicious.
- I have like a real problem like with food where I'm not fussy necessarily, but I'm very, very specific.
Examples
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We want obviously self catering because we're going to be making him food and then Caleb is just such a fussy eater.
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She gets fussy if her clothes don't match perfectly.
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Are you gonna be this fussy about everything?
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I never saw such fussy people.
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I'm very fussy about my food.
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Matthew has been fussy all day.
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I do love clothes and shopping, but I am fussy about fit, fabric, and quality.
Blog text (3) -
You know, I remember when my sons were babies; both of them were fussy babies.
Fiction book (1995) -
You're such a fussy eater.
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My brother is such a fussy eater; he won't touch any vegetables.
Synonyms
106
4.4
Careful about small details and hard to please
67
4.7
Being hard to please about food or small details
15
3.9
Hard to please when choosing things like clothes or food
13
6.7
Needing a lot of care and attention
13
7.9
Too fussy about being neat and proper
12
7.1
Hard to please and careful about small details
8
8.0
Very careful about small details and being clean, often hard to please
5
6.1
A person who is not easily satisfied and often complains
4
7.9
Paying too much attention to small unimportant details and criticizing them
4
9.8
Being very picky about small details
Too worried about small details and hard to please
Being very careful about small details in a way that annoys others
Paying too much attention to small, unimportant details
Careful about small details and hard to please
Giving too much attention to small, unimportant details
Careful and picky about small details and choices
Antonyms
Compounds
How Fussy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fussy comes from the word fuss, which means a 'small complaint' or worry. A 'fussy' person makes many small complaints or cares about little things, so they are easily annoyed or hard to please.