Fussy Definition

fŭsē
fussier, fussiest
adjective
fussier, fussiest
Easily upset; given to bouts of ill temper.
A fussy baby.
American Heritage
Habitually fussing; bustling about or worrying over trifles.
Webster's New World
Paying great or excessive attention to personal tastes and appearance; fastidious.
He was always fussy about clothes.
American Heritage
Overly exacting and hard to please.
Webster's New World
Calling for or requiring great attention to sometimes trivial details.
A fussy actuarial problem.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Fussy

Adjective

Base Form:
fussy
Comparative:
fussier
Superlative:
fussiest

Fussy Sentence Examples

  • I'm not that fussy about his coming there to get it.

  • I'm not too fussy about getting mixed up in that stuff.

  • Once aboard my flight I spent the next several hours squeezed between a talkative sailor and a woman with a fussy child.

  • They could not understand that I have not the necessary qualifications for it--the kind of good-natured, fussy shallowness necessary for the position.

  • Very young children may be fussy and stop eating.

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Words Starting With

FFUFUS

Words Ending With

YSYSSY

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Words Starting With F and Ending With Y

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5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With F5 Letter Words Ending With Y