fussiness

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).

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fussi·ly adv.

fussi·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fussiness - an irritable petulant feeling         choler, crossness, fretfulness, irritability, peevishness, petulance ill humor, ill humour, distemper - an angry and disagreeable mood testiness, tetchiness, touchiness - feeling easily irritated pet - a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)
	2.	fussiness - unnecessary elaborateness in details elaborateness, ornateness - an ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated

Translations

fussiness [ˈfʌsɪnɪs] N

1. (= exacting nature)

1.1. (pej) his fussiness about food is driving me mad → sus mañías para la comida me están volviendo loco

1.2. (= scrupulousness) → meticulosidad f, escrupulosidad f
fussiness about details is an asset in this job → la meticulosidad or escrupulosidad en los detalles es un punto a favor para este puesto

2. (= elaborateness) [of design, clothes] → lo recargado

fussiness

n

(= fastidiousness) → peinliche Genauigkeit; (= pettiness) → Kleinlichkeit f; (= preciseness) → Genauigkeit f; (= choosiness) → wählerische Art; because of his incredible fussiness about what he eats → weil er so unglaublich wählerisch ist, was das Essen angeht

(pej: = overelaboration, of design, style) → überladene Art; (of furnishings, dress) → Verspieltheit f

fussiness [ˈfʌsɪnɪs] n → schifiltosità

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fussiness [ˈfʌsɪnɪs] n → schifiltosità