"fussy" meaning in English

See fussy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfʌ.si/, /ˈfʊ.si/ [Northern-England] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fussy.wav Forms: fussier [comparative], fussiest [superlative]
enPR: fŭ.s'i Rhymes: -ʌsi Etymology: From fuss + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fuss|y}} fuss + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} fussy (comparative fussier, superlative fussiest)
  1. Anxious or particular about petty details; hard to please. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (particular about details): дребнав (drebnav) (Bulgarian), придирчив (pridirčiv) (Bulgarian), perepunyetes (Catalan), 挑剔 (tiāoti) (Chinese Mandarin), denti (Cornish), malicherný (Czech), puntičkářský (Czech), hnidopišský (Czech), příliš náročný (Czech), pertentlig (Danish), nøjeregnende (Danish), pietluttig (Dutch), kieskeurig (Dutch), postulema (Esperanto), pikkutarkka (Finnish), turhantarkka (Finnish), pointilleux [masculine] (French), tatillon [masculine] (French), pingelig (German), unruhig (German), kleinlich (German), übereifrig (German), wählerisch (German), etepetete (German), penibel (German), heikel (German), zimperlich (German), eigen (German), aufgeregt (German), geschäftig (German), betulich (German), mäklig (German), σχολαστικός (scholastikós) [masculine] (Greek), λεπτολόγος (leptológos) [masculine] (Greek), ιδιότροπος (idiótropos) [masculine] (Greek), εξεζητημένος (exezitiménos) (english: regarding clothes etc.) [masculine] (Greek), טרחני (tarkhaní) [masculine] (Hebrew), aggodalmaskodó (Hungarian), nyűgös (Hungarian), rewel (Indonesian), puntiglioso (Italian), schizzinoso (Italian), maniacale (Italian), 喧しい (yakamashii) (Japanese), 小うるさい (kourusai) (alt: こうるさい) (Japanese), wahakawa (english: refers only to being choosy with food) (Maori), mōkinokino (english: refers to food) (Maori), warahoe (Maori), utiuti (Maori), finnot (Norman), neiw (Plautdietsch), wybredny [masculine] (Polish), enjoado [masculine] (Portuguese), exigente (Portuguese), frescurento [masculine] (Portuguese), fresco (Portuguese), mimizento [masculine] (Portuguese), привере́дливый (priverédlivyj) (Russian), приди́рчивый (pridírčivyj) (Russian), puntilloso (Spanish), quisquilloso (Spanish), tiquismiquis (Spanish), remilgado (Spanish), pejiguero (Spanish), esquilimoso (Spanish), escolimoso (Spanish), melindroso (Spanish), petig (Swedish), detaycı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-fussy-en-adj-YRtpYcQG Disambiguation of Personality: 88 5 6 Disambiguation of 'particular about details': 81 4 15
  2. Having a tendency to fuss, cry, or be bad-tempered/ill-tempered (especially of babies). Translations (having a tendency to fuss or cry): 大惊小怪的 (da jing xiao guai de) (Chinese Mandarin), úzkostlivý (Czech), touhukas (Finnish), touhuava (Finnish), quengelig (German), unruhig (German), wählerisch (German), zimperlich (German), heikel (German), עצבני (atsbaní) [masculine] (Hebrew), llorón (Spanish), mızmız (Turkish)
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  3. Having much unnecessary detail or decoration.
    Sense id: en-fussy-en-adj-jPnxETlE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fussy cut Related terms: fuss, pedantic, picky

Inflected forms

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      "word": "perepunyetes"
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      "sense": "particular about details",
      "word": "挑剔"
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      "word": "denti"
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      "word": "malicherný"
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      "sense": "particular about details",
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      "word": "pertentlig"
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      "word": "nøjeregnende"
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      "word": "pingelig"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "nyűgös"
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      "word": "rewel"
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      "sense": "particular about details",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "enjoado"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "particular about details",
      "word": "exigente"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "particular about details",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "particular about details",
      "word": "fresco"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "particular about details",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "particular about details",
      "word": "detaycı"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "da jing xiao guai de",
      "sense": "having a tendency to fuss or cry",
      "word": "大惊小怪的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having a tendency to fuss or cry",
      "word": "úzkostlivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having a tendency to fuss or cry",
      "word": "touhukas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having a tendency to fuss or cry",
      "word": "touhuava"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having a tendency to fuss or cry",
      "word": "quengelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having a tendency to fuss or cry",
      "word": "unruhig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having a tendency to fuss or cry",
      "word": "wählerisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having a tendency to fuss or cry",
      "word": "zimperlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having a tendency to fuss or cry",
      "word": "heikel"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "atsbaní",
      "sense": "having a tendency to fuss or cry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "עצבני"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having a tendency to fuss or cry",
      "word": "llorón"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "having a tendency to fuss or cry",
      "word": "mızmız"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fussy"
}

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