fussier; fussiest
1
: easily upset : irritable
2
: overly decorative
a fussy wallpaper pattern
3
a
: requiring or giving close attention to details
fussy bookkeeping procedures
b
: revealing a sometimes extreme concern for niceties : fastidious, picky
Examples of fussy in a Sentence
I'm not fussy about where we eat.
The room was cluttered and fussy.
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Andy Wang, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Although anyone can injure a baby in a moment of frustration, most prevention research has focused specifically on helping parents understand why infants cry or become fussy.
—Lori Frasier, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
The result is that his pictures don’t feel fussy or over-serious.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
Mangold’s non-fussy treatment of a slice of Dylan history was enjoyable but slight.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Fussy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fussy. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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fussy
adjective
fussier; fussiest
1
: inclined to complain or whine
a fussy child
2
a
: needing or giving much attention to details
a fussy job
b
: hard to please
fussy about food
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