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fussy
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fuss·y  (fs)
adj. fuss·i·er, fuss·i·est
1. Easily upset; given to bouts of ill temper: a fussy baby.
2. Paying great or excessive attention to personal tastes and appearance; fastidious: He was always fussy about clothes.
3. Calling for or requiring great attention to sometimes trivial details: a fussy actuarial problem.
4. Full of superfluous details: "It can indeed be fussy, filling with ornament what should be empty space" (H.D.F. Kitto).

fussi·ly adv.
fussi·ness n.

fussy
Adjective
[fussier, fussiest]
1. inclined to fuss
2. very particular about detail
3. overelaborate: a fussy, overdecorated palace
fussily adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.fussy - annoyed and irritable
ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
2.fussy - overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design"
fancy - not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"
3.fussy - exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared"
fastidious - giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness"

fussy
adjective 1. particular, difficult, exacting, discriminating, fastidious, dainty, squeamish, choosy (informal) picky (informal) nit-picking (informal) hard to please, finicky, pernickety, faddish, faddy, old-maidish, old womanish, overparticular
adjective 2. overelaborate, busy, cluttered, rococo, overdecorated, overembellished
Translations
fussy [ˈfʌsɪ] adj [person] → quisquilloso;
I'm not fussy (col) → me da igual
fussy [ˈfʌsɪ] fuss adj [person] → tatillon(ne)difficile, chichiteux/euse; [dress, style] → tarabiscoté(e);
I'm not fussy (inf) → ça m'est égal
fussy [ˈfʌsɪ] fuss adjkleinlich, pingelig (inf);
(clothes, room etc) → verspielt;
I'm not fussy fuss → es ist mir egal
fussy [ˈfʌsɪ] adj [person] → puntiglioso/a, esigente; che fa le storie; [dress] → carico/a di fronzoli; [style] → elaborato/a;
I'm not fussy (col) → per me è lo stesso


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