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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, ... show more

Roget 481: misjudging etc. v.; ill-judging, wrong-headed; prejudiced etc. v.; jaundiced; shortsighted, purblind; partial, one-sided, superficial.    ... show more

Roget 684: hasty, hurried, brusque; scrambling, cursory, precipitate, headlong, furious, boisterous, impetuous, hotheaded; feverish, fussy; pushing.    ... show more

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; ... show more

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 ... show more.

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