fussy adj

1 perversely irritable [syn: crabbed, crabby, cross, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered]

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, finicky, particular] [also: fussiest, fussier]

English

Pronunciation

• fŭs'i, /ˈfʌsi/, /"fVsi/
• Rhymes: -ʌsi

Adjective

1. Anxious or particular about petty details.

Related terms

• fuss

Translations

See also

• pedantic
• picky

Fussy is a commune in the Cher département in central France.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

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