fussy

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.

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fussy

Adjective

[fussier, fussiest]

1. inclined to fuss

2. very particular about detail

3. overelaborate: a fussy, overdecorated palace

fussily adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	fussy - annoyed and irritable bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, cross ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
	2.	fussy - overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design" busy 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" finical, finicky, picky, particular fastidious - giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness"

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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 adj → kleinlich, 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