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–adjective, fuss·i·er, fuss·i·est.

1.	excessively busy with trifles; anxious or particular about petty details.

2.	hard to satisfy or please: a fussy eater.

3.	(of clothes, decoration, etc.) elaborately made, trimmed, or decorated: All the bric-a-brac gave the room a fussy, cluttered look.

4.	full of details, esp. in excess: His writing is so fussy I lose the thread of the story.

[Origin: 1825–35; fuss + -y¹

]

—Related forms

fuss·i·ly, adverb

fuss·i·ness, noun

—Synonyms 2. particular, choosy, finicky, persnickety.

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adj. fuss·i·er, fuss·i·est

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

fuss'i·ly adv., fuss'i·ness n.

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fussy
adjective
1.	annoyed and irritable [syn: crabbed]
2.	overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design" [syn: busy]
3.	exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared" [syn: finical]

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ˈfussy1 adjective

too concerned with details; too particular; difficult to satisfy
Example: She is very fussy about her food.

Arabic:	مُدَقَّق في أمور تافِهَه
Chinese (Simplified):	过分讲究的
Chinese (Traditional):	過分講究的
Czech:	úzkostlivý, věčně nespokojený
Danish:	kræsen
Dutch:	pietluttig
Estonian:	valiv
Finnish:	turhantarkka
French:	tatillon
German:	kleinlich
Greek:	ιδιότροπος, σχολαστικός
Hungarian:	kicsinyeskedő
Icelandic:	smámunasamur
Indonesian:	rewel
Italian:	pignolo, esigente

Japanese:	小うるさい
Korean:	까다로운, 법석을 떠는
Latvian:	izvēlīgs; nervozs
Lithuanian:	įnoringas, išrankus
Norwegian:	pedantisk, geskjeftig, masete
Polish:	drobiazgowy, kapryśny
Portuguese (Brazil):	caprichoso
Portuguese (Portugal):	exagerado
Romanian:	mofturos, pretenţios
Russian:	привередливый
Slovak:	prieberčivý
Slovenian:	malenkosten, dlakocepski
Spanish:	quisquilloso, exigente, especial, tiquismiquis
Swedish:	petig, kinkig
Turkish:	zor beğenir, titiz

ˈfussy2 adjective

(of clothes etc) with too much decoration
Example: a very fussy hat

Arabic:	مُنَمَّق
Chinese (Simplified):	过分装饰的
Chinese (Traditional):	過分裝飾的
Czech:	nazdobený, přeplácaný
Danish:	overpyntet
Dutch:	overladen
Estonian:	toretsev
Finnish:	pramea
French:	tarabiscoté
German:	mit viel Klimbim
Greek:	παραφορτωμένος (για ρούχο)
Hungarian:	csicsás
Icelandic:	hégómlega nostursamur, of skrautlegur
Indonesian:	norak, terlalu banyak hiasan
Italian:	elaborato, pieno di fronzoli*

Japanese:	こった
Korean:	장식이 많은
Latvian:	(par apģērbu) pārblīvēts ar detaļām
Lithuanian:	perkrautas
Norwegian:	overlesset, *-pyntet
Polish:	przeładowany
Portuguese (Brazil):	espalhafatoso
Portuguese (Portugal):	espalhafatoso
Romanian:	împopoţonat
Russian:	аляповатый
Slovak:	vyčačkaný
Slovenian:	načičkan
Spanish:	rimbombante, recargado
Swedish:	utstyrd
Turkish:	süslü püslü, cicili bicili