[ US /ˈfəsi/ ]
[ UK /fˈʌsi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. exacting especially about details
    a finicky eater
    very particular about how her food was prepared
    fussy about clothes
  2. overcrowded or cluttered with detail
    a fussy design
    a busy painting
  3. annoyed and irritable
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How To Use fussy In A Sentence

  • Rampant Victoriana tends to be a bit too fussy for me, but there were some lovely bits of jet and marcasite jewelry that called my name. Runaway, Jersey-style
  • Herein resided the stem-winding, therapeutic logic of the year-long national "conversation on race"; the periodic presidential apologies for world-historic wrongs which were usually strategic evasions of actual legislative responsibility; and the fussy feel-good conferences on teen violence and the media. The Feel Good Presidency
  • They go for feel and function, leaning towards seam free, simple, unfussy styles.
  • Another good option is the Santa Lucia, a beautifully restored 18 th-century palazzo which is spoiled only by the management's choice of chintzy decor and over-fussy floral curtains in the guest rooms.
  • Herodotus is like, Truth is fluid, let's not get too fussy about the details. Alcibiades: canonically irresistable.
  • Also, will coumadin hurt my dog fussy licorice during bliss or renewable dyspepsia or if you must pantothenate for a robust time. Wii-volution
  • This antique elmwood dresser with petite brass hardware is unfussy and beautiful. Apartment Therapy Main
  • We're looking for black cod or ling cod, although I'm not fussy. A WOMAN WITHOUT LIES
  • And when it came to details, he was known to be worse than a fussy abbess running a nunnery.
  • Luckily for us, although they have some fussy tastes, many of the bacteria they like to eat are major pathogens, so they eat proteus and proteus is a bacterium that causes a lot of urinary tract infections.
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