English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] fuss -y
Pronunciation [ edit ] Adjective [ edit ] fussy (comparative fussier superlative fussiest
Anxious or particular about petty details; hard to please.
1915 , G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer , New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company , →OCLC It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy .
Having a tendency to fuss , cry , or be bad-tempered /ill-tempered (especially of babies ).
Having much unnecessary detail or decoration.
1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw and Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World , page 398:The internal decor of the SR-built Bulleid corridor stock was noticeably cleaner and less fussy than that of prewar coaches.
Synonyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] particular about details
Bulgarian: дребнав (bg) ( drebnav ) , придирчив (bg) ( pridirčiv )
Catalan: perepunyetes (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 挑剔 (zh) ( tiāoti )
Cornish: denti
Danish: pertentlig (da) , nøjeregnende
Dutch: pietluttig (nl) , kieskeurig (nl)
Esperanto: postulema
Finnish: pikkutarkka (fi) , turhantarkka
French: pointilleux (fr) m tatillon (fr) m
German: pingelig (de) , unruhig (de) , kleinlich (de) , übereifrig wählerisch (de) , etepetete (de) , penibel (de) , heikel (de) , zimperlich (de) , eigen (de) , aufgeregt (de) , geschäftig (de) , betulich (de) , mäklig (de)
Greek: σχολαστικός (el) m ( scholastikós ) , λεπτολόγος (el) m ( leptológos ) , ιδιότροπος (el) m ( idiótropos ) , ( regarding clothes etc. ) εξεζητημένος (el) m ( exezitiménos )
Hebrew: טרחני m ( tarkhaní )
Hungarian: aggodalmaskodó (hu) , nyűgös (hu)
Italian: puntiglioso (it) , schizzinoso (it) , maniacale (it)
Japanese: 喧しい (ja) ( yakamashii ) , 小うるさい ( こうるさい, kourusai )
Maori: wahakawa ( refers only to being choosy with food ) , mōkinokino ( refers to food ) , warahoe utiuti
Norman: finnot
Plautdietsch: neiw
Polish: wybredny (pl) m
Portuguese: enjoado m exigente (pt) , frescurento (pt) m fresco (pt)
Russian: привере́дливый (ru) ( priverédlivyj ) , приди́рчивый (ru) ( pridírčivyj )
Spanish: puntilloso (es) , quisquilloso (es) , tiquismiquis (es) , resabiado (es) , remilgado (es)
Swedish: petig (sv)
Turkish: detaycı
having a tendency to fuss or cry
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