Thesaurus
fussy
Synonyms and Antonyms of fussy
- predictably, the kids riding in the back were fussy passengers, always asking "Are we there yet?"
antsy, fidgety, restive, restless, squirmy, twitchy, uneasy, wiggly, wriggly
discontented, disgruntled, displeased, dissatisfied
cantankerous, choleric, cross, crotchety, irascible, irritable, ornery, peevish, perverse, pettish, petulant, quick-tempered, short-tempered, snappish, snappy, snippy, testy, waspish
forbearing, long-suffering, patient, stoic (or stoical), tolerant, uncomplaining
- cats have a well-deserved reputation for being fussy eaters
choosy (or choosey), dainty, delicate, demanding, exacting, fastidious, finical, finicking, finicky, fussbudgety, nice, old-maidish, particular, pernickety [chiefly British], persnickety, picky
hyperfastidious, overdemanding, ultrafastidious
discerning, discriminating, selective
captious, carping, caviling (or cavilling), critical, faultfinding, hypercritical, overcritical
careful, meticulous, painstaking, punctilious, scrupulous
queasy (also queazy), squeamish
- a fussy teacher who reads through papers two and even three times before issuing a grade
assiduous, diligent, indefatigable, persevering, sedulous
exhaustive, thorough, thoroughgoing
alert, attentive, observant, vigilant, watchful
accurate, exact, precise, strict
critical, demanding, discriminating, exacting, fastidious, finicky, particular
cautious, chary, circumspect, gingerly, guarded, heedful, mindful, wary
all-out, determined, dogged, intensive, patient, tenacious, tireless, zealous
- the room, with its rococo furniture and its overabundance of knickknacks, is just too fussy for my taste
extravagant, flamboyant, spectacular, splashy
bedaubed, flashy, garish, gaudy, glitzy, loud, ostentatious, pretentious, showy, swank (or swanky), tawdry
adorned, arrayed, beautified, bedecked, decked, decorated, dressed, embellished, enriched, garnished, ornamented, trimmed
enhanced, heightened, intensified
bejeweled (or bejewelled), bossed, chased, emblazoned, embossed, embroidered, flounced, fringed, garlanded, gilded (or gilt), laced, sequined (or sequinned), wreathed
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