dictionary definitions for "fussy"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  fussy
      adj 1: perversely irritable [syn: crabbed, crabby, cross,
             grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered]
      2: overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a
         fussy design" [syn: busy]
      3: exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy
         about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was
         prepared" [syn: finical, finicky, particular]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fussy \Fuss"y\, a. [Compar. Fussier; superl. Fussiest.]
     Making a fuss; disposed to make an unnecessary ado about
     trifles; overnice; fidgety.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Not at all fussy about his personal appearance. --R. G.
                                                    White.
     [1913 Webster]


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