fussy
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fussy¹
- /ˈfʌ.si/
- /ˈfʊ.si/ Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌsi
adjective fussier · fussiest
- Anxious or particular about petty details; hard to please. It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
- Having a tendency to fuss, cry, or be bad-tempered/ill-tempered (especially of babies).
- Having much unnecessary detail or decoration. The internal decor of the SR-built Bulleid corridor stock was noticeably cleaner and less fussy than that of prewar coaches.
Fussy²
proper noun
- A commune in Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
- A surname from French.
- A surname from German.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: finical, finicky, fastidious, fancy, particular, busy, ill-natured, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, crabby, grouchy, grumpy, crabbed, cross, hard, difficult
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adj particular about details
| Español | mañoso, mañero, quisquilloso, tiquismiquis, pejiguero, cicatero |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 까다롭다 kkadaropda |
| 日本語 | 喧しい yakamashii, 小うるさい kourusai, 几帳面な kichōmen-na |
| 中文 | 挑剔 tiāoti, 精挑細選 /精挑细选 jīngtiāoxìxuǎn, 挑三揀四 /挑三拣四 tiāosānjiǎnsì, 苛求 kēqiú, 過細 /过细 guòxì |
| Português | exigente, enjoado, frescurento, fresco, mimizento, seletivo |
| Français | pointilleux, tatillon, sélectif, exigeant, difficile, faire la fine bouche |
| Deutsch | pingelig, wählerisch, anspruchsvoll, unruhig, kleinlich, übereifrig |
| Italiano | esigente, puntiglioso, schizzinoso, maniacale, pignolo, meticoloso |
| Ελληνικά | σχολαστικός scholastikós, λεπτολόγος leptológos, ιδιότροπος idiótropos, εξεζητημένος exezitiménos, εκλεκτικός eklektikós |
| Română | pretențios, mofturos, năzuros, minuțios |
| Русский | привере́дливый priverédlivyj, разбо́рчивый razbórčivyj, приди́рчивый pridírčivyj, избира́тельный izbirátelʹnyj, тре́бовательный trébovatelʹnyj, скрупулёзный skrupuljóznyj |
| עברית | טרחני tarkhaní, בררן barerán, בררנית bareranít |
adj having a tendency to fuss or cry
| 中文 | 大惊小怪的 da jing xiao guai de |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | quengelig, unruhig, wählerisch, zimperlich, heikel |
| עברית | עצבני atsbaní |
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