adj
Meaning 1
Anxious or particular about petty details; hard to please.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fussy
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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fŭ.s'i
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/ˈfʌ.si/
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Northern-England: /ˈfʊ.si/
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adj
Meaning 2
Having a tendency to fuss, cry, or be bad-tempered/ill-tempered (especially of babies).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Having much unnecessary detail or decoration.
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name
Meaning 4
A commune in Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
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name
Meaning 5
A surname from French.
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name
Meaning 6
A surname from German.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
exacting especially about details
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a finicky eater
- fussy about clothes
- very particular about how her food was prepared
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: finical, finicky, particular, picky
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
annoyed and irritable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crabbed, crabby, cross, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
overcrowded or cluttered with detail
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a busy painting
- a fussy design
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: busy
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English fuss Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English fussy From fuss + -y.
Across languages
Translations
78 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: repunante — particular about details
- Bulgarian: дребнав (drebnav) — particular about details
- Bulgarian: придирчив (pridirčiv) — particular about details
- Catalan: perepunyetes — particular about details
- Chinese Mandarin: 挑剔 (tiāoti) — particular about details
- Cornish: denti — particular about details
- Czech: malicherný — particular about details
- Czech: puntičkářský — particular about details
- Czech: hnidopišský — particular about details
- Czech: příliš náročný — particular about details
- Danish: pertentlig — particular about details
- Danish: nøjeregnende — particular about details
- Dutch: pietluttig — particular about details
- Dutch: kieskeurig — particular about details
- Esperanto: postulema — particular about details
- Finnish: pikkutarkka — particular about details
- Finnish: turhantarkka — particular about details
- French: pointilleux — particular about details
- French: tatillon — particular about details
- German: pingelig — particular about details
- German: unruhig — particular about details
- German: kleinlich — particular about details
- German: übereifrig — particular about details
- German: wählerisch — particular about details
- German: etepetete — particular about details
- German: penibel — particular about details
- German: heikel — particular about details
- German: zimperlich — particular about details
- German: eigen — particular about details
- German: aufgeregt — particular about details
- German: geschäftig — particular about details
- German: betulich — particular about details
- German: mäklig — particular about details
- Greek: σχολαστικός (scholastikós) — particular about details
- Greek: λεπτολόγος (leptológos) — particular about details
- Greek: ιδιότροπος (idiótropos) — particular about details
- Greek: εξεζητημένος (exezitiménos) — particular about details
- Hebrew: טרחני (tarkhaní) — particular about details
- Hungarian: aggodalmaskodó — particular about details
- Hungarian: nyűgös — particular about details
- Indonesian: rewel — particular about details
- Italian: puntiglioso — particular about details
- Italian: schizzinoso — particular about details
- Italian: maniacale — particular about details
- Japanese: 喧しい (yakamashii) — particular about details
- Japanese: 小うるさい (kourusai) — particular about details
- Māori: wahakawa — particular about details
- Māori: mōkinokino — particular about details
- Māori: warahoe — particular about details
- Māori: utiuti — particular about details
- Norman: finnot — particular about details
- Plautdietsch: neiw — particular about details
- Polish: wybredny — particular about details
- Portuguese: enjoado — particular about details
- Portuguese: exigente — particular about details
- Portuguese: frescurento — particular about details
- Portuguese: fresco — particular about details
- Portuguese: mimizento — particular about details
- Russian: привере́дливый (priverédlivyj) — particular about details
- Russian: приди́рчивый (pridírčivyj) — particular about details
- Spanish: puntilloso — particular about details
- Spanish: quisquilloso — particular about details
- Spanish: tiquismiquis — particular about details
- Spanish: pejiguero — particular about details
- Swedish: petig — particular about details
- Turkish: detaycı — particular about details
- Chinese Mandarin: 大惊小怪的 (da jing xiao guai de) — having a tendency to fuss or cry
- Czech: úzkostlivý — having a tendency to fuss or cry
- Finnish: touhukas — having a tendency to fuss or cry
- Finnish: touhuava — having a tendency to fuss or cry
- German: quengelig — having a tendency to fuss or cry
- German: unruhig — having a tendency to fuss or cry
- German: wählerisch — having a tendency to fuss or cry
- German: zimperlich — having a tendency to fuss or cry
- German: heikel — having a tendency to fuss or cry
- Hebrew: עצבני (atsbaní) — having a tendency to fuss or cry
- Polish: płaczliwy — having a tendency to fuss or cry
- Turkish: mızmız — having a tendency to fuss or cry