"fussbudget" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfʌsˌbʌd͡ʒɪt/ Audio: en-us-fussbudget.ogg [US], en-au-fussbudget.ogg [Australia] Forms: fussbudgets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fussbudget (plural fussbudgets)
  1. (colloquial, derogatory, Canada, US) One who complains or fusses a great deal, especially about unimportant matters; a fusspot. Tags: Canada, US, colloquial, derogatory Categories (topical): People, Personality Synonyms: fussbutton, fusspot, fuss-budget Translations (One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters): мрънкало (mrǎnkalo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), hidsigprop [common-gender] (Danish), tatillon [masculine] (French), tatillonne [feminine] (French), difficile [feminine, masculine] (French), anxieux [masculine] (French), anxieuse [feminine] (French), Nörgler [masculine] (German), Meckerer [masculine] (German), Meckerfritze [masculine] (German), Querulant [masculine] (German), Meckerliese [feminine] (German), criticón [masculine] (Spanish), quisquilloso [masculine] (Spanish), tiquismiquis [masculine] (Spanish), mañoso [masculine] (Spanish), maniático [masculine] (Spanish), pejiguero (Spanish)

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