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fuss·y    Audio Help   [fuhs-ee] Pronunciation Key
–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]

fuss·i·ly, adverb
fuss·i·ness, noun

2. particular, choosy, finicky, persnickety.
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fuss·y    Audio Help   (fŭs'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
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).

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
See also: fuss, make a fuss of

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Fussy

Fuss"y\, a. [Compar. Fussier; superl Fussiest.] Making a fuss; disposed to make an unnecessary ado about trifles; overnice; fidgety.

Not at all fussy about his personal appearance. --R. G. White.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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