fussy

fussy
adjective
1 too concerned or worried about small, usually unimportant details, and difficult to please: Leonora was fussy about her looks. | fussy eater (=someone who dislikes many types of food)
—compare fastidious
2 not be fussy spoken used when you do not mind what decision is made, where you go etc: “Do you want to go out or just rent a movie?” “I'm not fussy.”
(+ who/what/how etc): Geese are not fussy whose grass they eat.
3 fussy clothes, objects, buildings etc are too detailed and decorated: The furniture looked comfortable, nothing fussy or too elaborate.
4 with small, exact, and careful actions, sometimes showing nervousness: She patted her hair with small fussy movements.
— fussily adverb — fussiness noun (U)

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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  • fussy — 1831, from FUSS (Cf. fuss) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Related: Fussily; fussiness …   Etymology dictionary

  • fussy — finicky, finicking, finical, particular, persnickety, pernickety, dainty, fastidious, squeamish, *nice Analogous words: exacting, demanding, requiring (see DEMAND vb): querulous, fretful, irritable …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • fussy — [adj] meticulous, particular careful, choosy, conscientious, conscionable, dainty, difficult, discriminating, exact, exacting, fastidious, finical, finicky, fretful, fuddy duddy*, hard to please*, heedful, nit picking*, overfastidious,… …   New thesaurus

  • fussy — ► ADJECTIVE (fussier, fussiest) 1) fastidious about one s requirements and hard to please. 2) full of unnecessary detail or decoration. DERIVATIVES fussily adverb fussiness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • fussy — [fus′ē] adj. fussier, fussiest 1. a) habitually fussing; bustling about or worrying over trifles b) overly exacting and hard to please c) whining, fretting, etc., as a baby 2. showing or needing careful attention 3 …   English World dictionary

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