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given to complaining a lot <the kids riding in the back were fussy passengers, always asking “Are we there yet?”> Synonymscrabby, cranky, grouchy, grumpy, querulous Related Wordsfidgety, restive, restless, squirmy, uneasy; discontented, disgruntled, displeased, dissatisfied; fretful, nervous, worrisome; cantankerous, crotchety, irascible, irritable, ornery Near Antonymsamiable, genial, good-humored, good-natured, good-tempered; accommodating, complaisant, obliging; easygoing, laid-back, relaxed Antonymsuncomplaining
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hard to please <cats have a well-deserved reputation for being fussy eaters> — see finicky
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taking great care and effort <a fussy teacher who reads through papers two and even three times before issuing a grade> — see painstaking
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