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fussy
adjective
1 fussy
Annoyed and irritable.
synonyms: bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, cross, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered.
Roget 825:
excitable,
easily excited,
in an excitable state;
high-strung;
irritable
etc.
(irascible)
901;
impatient,
intolerant.
feverish,
febrile,
hysterical;
delirious,
mad,
moody,
maggoty-headed.
unquiet,
mercurial,
electric,
galvanic,
hasty,
hurried,
restless,
fidgety,
fussy;
chafing
etc.
v..
startlish†,
mettlesome,
high-mettled†,
skittish.
vehement,
demonstrative,
violent,
wild,
furious,
fierce,
fiery,
hot-headed,
madcap.
overzealous,
enthusiastic,
impassioned,
fanatical;
rabid
etc.
(eager)
865.
rampant,
clamorous,
uproarious,
turbulent,
tempestuous,
tumultuary†,
boisterous.
impulsive,
impetuous,
passionate;
uncontrolled,
uncontrollable;
ungovernable,
irrepressible,
stanchless†,
inextinguishable,
burning,
simmering,
volcanic,
ready to burst forth,
volatile.
excited,
exciting
etc.
824.
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Roget 481:
misjudging
etc.
v.;
ill-judging,
wrong-headed;
prejudiced
etc.
v.;
jaundiced;
shortsighted,
purblind;
partial,
one-sided,
superficial.
narrow-minded,
narrow-souled†;
mean-spirited;
confined,
illiberal,
intolerant,
besotted,
infatuated,
fanatical,
entete [Fr.],
positive,
dogmatic,
conceited;
opinative,
opiniative†;
opinioned,
opinionate,
opinionative,
opinionated;
self-opinioned,
wedded to an opinion,
opini=atre;
bigoted
etc.
(obstinate)
606;
crotchety,
fussy,
impracticable;
unreasonable,
stupid
etc.
499;
credulous
etc.
486;
warped.
misjudged
etc.
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Roget 684:
hasty,
hurried,
brusque;
scrambling,
cursory,
precipitate,
headlong,
furious,
boisterous,
impetuous,
hotheaded;
feverish,
fussy;
pushing.
in haste,
in a hurry
etc.
n.;
in hot haste,
in all haste;
breathless,
pressed for time,
hard pressed,
urgent.
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2 fussy
Overcrowded or cluttered with detail:
— A fussy design.
synonym: busy.
Roget 682:
active,
brisk,
brisk as a lark,
brisk as a bee;
lively,
animated,
vivacious;
alive,
alive and kicking;
frisky,
spirited,
stirring.
nimble,
nimble as a squirrel;
agile;
light-footed,
nimble-footed;
featly†,
tripping.
quick,
prompt,
yare†,
instant,
ready,
alert,
spry,
sharp,
smart;
fast
etc.
(swift)
274;
quick as a lamplighter,
expeditious;
awake,
broad awake;
go-ahead,
live wide-awake [U.S.]
etc.
(intelligent)
498.
forward,
eager,
strenuous,
zealous,
enterprising,
in earnest;
resolute
etc.
604.
industrious,
assiduous,
diligent,
sedulous,
notable,
painstaking;
intent
etc.
(attention)
457;
indefatigable
etc.
(persevering)
604.1;
unwearied;
unsleeping†,
never tired;
plodding,
hard-working
etc.
686;
businesslike,
workaday.
bustling;
restless,
restless as a hyena;
fussy,
fidgety,
pottering;
busy,
busy as hen with one chicken.
working,
at work,
on duty,
in harness;
up in arms;
on one's legs,
at call;
up and doing,
up and stirring.
busy,
occupied;
hard at work,
hard at it;
up to one's ears in,
full of business,
busy as a bee,
busy as a one-armed paperhanger.
meddling
etc.
v.;
meddlesome,
pushing,
officious,
overofficious†,
intrigant†.
astir,
stirring;
agoing†,
afoot;
on foot;
in full swing;
eventful;
on the alert,
etc.
(vigilant)
459.
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3 fussy
Exacting especially about details:
— Fussy about clothes.
synonyms: finical, finicky, particular, picky.
Polish: rozkapryszony, chimeryczny, kapryśny, grymaśny, humorzasty
Moby thesaurus: Byzantine, accurate, agitated, arabesque, attentive, baroque, bustling, busy, chichi, choosy, close, conscientious, conscionable, correct, critical, dainty, delicate, demanding, detailed, difficult, discriminating, elaborate, elegant, exact, exacting, exigent, exquisite, fancy, fastidious, fidgety, fine, finical, finicking, finicky, finikin, flamboyant, florid, flowery, fluttering, fluttery, fretful, frilly, full, fuss-budgety, fussing, gingerbread, hard to please, heedful, high-wrought, hopping, humming, hustling, irritable, jumpy, labored, lively, luxuriant, luxurious, meticulous, minute, moresque, narrow, nice, nit-picking, ornate, ostentatious, overelaborate, overelegant, overlabored, overworked, overwrought, painstaking, particular, pawky, pernickety, persnickety, picayune, picky, picturesque, popping, precise, precisianistic, precisionistic, pretty-pretty, punctilious, punctual, queasy, querulous, refined, religious, restive, restless, rich, rigid, rigorous, rococo, scrupulous, scrutinizing, special, specific, squeamish, strict, subtle, tense, turbulent, uneasy, unquiet, unrestful, unsettled ... show more.
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