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How to pronounce fussy in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms finical, finicky, particular, picky
Derivation fuss, fussiness


fussy about clothes.
Type Words
Synonyms bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, cross, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered
Derivation fussiness
Type Words
Synonyms busy
Derivation fussiness


a fussy design.

Examples of fussy

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It's like an apple tart without the fussy crust, and it's got a little Calvados.
From the timesunion.com
There is no need to amend your soil, compost, feed or perform other fussy tasks.
From the ocregister.com
It was one of the few things I actually ate at school, I was such a fussy eater.
From the independent.co.uk
They abandon their fussy dietary habits and will eat almost any plant they find.
From the newscientist.com
You will be surprised at how many children there are, who are such fussy eaters.
From the gazettelive.co.uk
The middle dress is not only retro, but fussy-looking and not Shayne's favorite.
From the denverpost.com
Have I really become that fussy female who wraps her new couch in a plastic bag?
From the pe.com
It sets the evening off to a bad start and makes you look fussy from the outset.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Mercury runs amok in airy-fairy Pisces just as the mad moon blitzes fussy Virgo.
From the sfgate.com
More examples
  • Crabbed: annoyed and irritable
  • Busy: overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design"
  • Finical: exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared"
  • 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 kmu00B2 (0.386 squ00A0mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
  • (Fussing) A complaint, in legal terminology, is a formal legal document that sets out the facts and legal reasons (see: cause of action) that the filing party (the plaintiffs) believes are sufficient to support a claim against another person, persons, entity or entities (the defendants) that ...
  • Anxious or particular about petty details
  • Exigente; minucioso; quisquilloso; recargado
  • (1) FORMAL with negative face. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - fussy. (2) FT of [flat F] put snuff in each nostril in a fussy manner.
  • Only liking certain things: "She's fussy about what she wears."