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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Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2025
Compared to hearty, flexible grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot is the fussy artist in a world of engineers.
—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
As living things, fresh blooms have developed a (deserved) reputation for being fussy.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 11 May 2025
No fussy affectations, just a deliberate tamping down of his more charismatic qualities.
—A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Fussy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fussy. Accessed 5 Jun. 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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