fussier; fussiest
1
: easily upset : irritable
2
: overly decorative
a fussy wallpaper pattern
3
a
: requiring or giving close attention to details
fussy bookkeeping procedures
b
: revealing a sometimes extreme concern for details : fastidious, picky
a fussy man who was hard to please
Examples of fussy in a Sentence
I'm not fussy about where we eat.
The room was cluttered and fussy.
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Your baby can grow fussier and engage in behaviors that seek attention.
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That mixture of the crucial and the fussy squeezes out flexibility, yielding density without vitality, expediency without speed.
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Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2025
Your baby can grow fussier and engage in behaviors that seek attention.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 18 Dec. 2025
That mixture of the crucial and the fussy squeezes out flexibility, yielding density without vitality, expediency without speed.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Dec. 2025
On-the-go, high quality coffee, with a minimum of fussy equipment.
—The Editors, Outside, 12 Dec. 2025
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“Fussy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fussy. Accessed 26 Dec. 2025.
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fussy
adjective
fussier; fussiest
1
: inclined to complain or whine
a fussy child
2
a
: needing or giving much attention to details
a fussy job
b
: hard to please
fussy about food
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