isn't fussy

fuss·y (f

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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 [ˈfʌsɪ]

adj fussier, fussiest

1. inclined to fuss over minor points

2. very particular about detail

3. characterized by overelaborate detail the furniture was too fussy to be elegant

fussily adv

fussiness n

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

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"

fussy

adjective

1. particular, difficult, exacting, discriminating, fastidious, dainty, squeamish, choosy (informal), picky (informal), nit-picking (informal), hard to please, finicky, pernickety, faddish, faddy, anal retentive, old-maidish, old womanish, overparticular She's not fussy about her food.

2. overelaborate, busy, cluttered, rococo, overdecorated, overembellished We are not keen on floral patterns and fussy designs.

Translations

fussy [ˈfʌsɪ] ADJ (fussier (compar) (fussiest (superl)))

1. (= exacting) [person]

1.1. (pej) → quisquilloso
they'll think you're fussy if you ring them → van a creer que eres quisquilloso or difícil si les llamas
children are often fussy eaters → los niños son a menudo quisquillosos or especiales para la comida

1.2. (= scrupulous) he's very fussy about detail → es muy escrupuloso or meticuloso con los detalles

1.3. (= selective) → selectivo
I'm very fussy about the parts I take on → soy muy selectivo a la hora de elegir papeles, no elijo cualquier papel
I'm very fussy about what I wear → soy muy especial a la hora de vestir
I'm not fussy → me da igual, me da lo mismo

2. (= elaborate) [design, clothes] → recargado, con muchos ringorrangos

3. (= nervous) [manner] → nervioso

fussy [ˈfʌsi] adj

[person] → tatillon(ne)
to be fussy about sth [+ food, clothes] → être très difficile sur qch, être très tatillon(ne) sur qch; [+ details, cleanliness] → être très tatillon(ne) sur qch
She is very fussy about her food → Elle est très difficile sur la nourriture.

[style, decoration] → qui manque de simplicité

I'm not fussy (= don't mind) → ça m'est égal

fussy

adj (+er)

(= choosy) → wählerisch; (= petty) → kleinlich; (= precise) → genau; to be fussy about cleanliness/punctuality/one’s appearance → großen Wert auf Sauberkeit/Pünktlichkeit/sein Äußeres legen; he was fussy about his toilet paper → er war sehr eigen, was sein Toilettenpapier anging; she is not fussy about her food → sie ist beim Essen nicht wählerisch; the child is a fussy eater → das Kind ist beim Essen wählerisch; I’m not fussy (inf) → das ist mir egal

(pej: = overelaborate) design, style → überladen; furnishings, dress → verspielt; food → kompliziert; details, movements, gestures, acting → übertrieben

fussy [ˈfʌsɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (person, difficult to please) → difficile, esigente; (excessively punctilious) → puntiglioso/a, pignolo/a; (clothes) → pieno/a di fronzoli; (style) → elaborato/a
I'm not fussy (fam) → per me è lo stesso

fussy → صَعْب الإرضاء vybíravý pertentlig kleinlich σχολαστικός quisquilloso nirso tatillon sitničav esigente 騒ぎたてる 야단법석하는 druk masete grymaśny cheio de pormenores, exigente суетливый tjafsig จู้จี้ yaygaracı om sòm 爱挑剔的

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