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Main Entry:	fussy [fuhs-ee] Show IPA/ˈfʌsi/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	meticulous, particular
Synonyms:	careful, choosy, conscientious, conscionable, dainty, difficult, discriminating, exact, exacting, fastidious, finical, finicky, fretful, fuddy-duddy, hard to please, heedful, nit-picking, overfastidious, painstaking, persnickety, picky, picky-picky, punctilious, punctual, querulous, scrupulous, squeamish, stickling
Antonyms:	uncritical, undemanding, unfussy

Main Entry:	careful
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	cautious; painstaking
Synonyms:	accurate, alert, apprehensive, assiduous, attentive, chary, choosy, circumspect, concerned, conscientious, conservative, cool, deliberate, discreet, exacting, fastidious, finicky, fussy, going to great lengths, guarded, heedful, judicious, leery, meticulous, mindful, observant, particular, playing safe, precise, prim, protective, provident, prudent, punctilious, regardful, religious, rigorous, scrupulous, selfdisciplined, shy, sober, solicitous, solid, thorough, thoughtful, vigilant, wary
Antonyms:	careless, inattentive, incautious, thoughtless, uncareful, unconcerned, unscrupulous

Main Entry:	conscientious
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	thorough, careful
Synonyms:	complete, diligent, exact, exacting, faithful, fastidious, fussy, hanging in, hanging tough, heart and soul into, heedful, meticulous, minding p's and q's, painstaking, particular, playing safe, punctilious, punctual, reliable, tough, walking on eggs
Antonyms:	careless, inexact, irresponsible, uncareful, unconscientious, unscrupulous

Example Sentences

Knowing what calms your baby can help stop the fussy period from becoming so intense.

And honestly no one wants to get up and deal with a fussy baby in the middle of the night.

It can be hard enough for parents to comfort the fussy infant.

Knowing what calms your baby can help stop the fussy period from becoming so intense.

And honestly no one wants to get up and deal with a fussy baby in the middle of the night.

It can be hard enough for parents to comfort the fussy infant.

There were lots of fussy roosters in the neighboring lot, but it didn't matter.

No fussy logic and it will not give some people much of a warm and fuzzy feeling knowing that digital is less forgiving standard.

Wisteria is not fussy about soil more add to my plant list.

It's a fussy phrase that describes something quite simple.

The food is amply portioned, fairly priced and completely sophisticated but not remotely fussy.

Over-protected by fussy governments, steel makers have been left behind in the globalisation of business.

He was fussy about the equipment, how breakfast was prepared, how the tent went up and down.

Sure mistletoe grows on a lot of other trees, but it's fussy too and of the fruit trees it only grows well on apple.

Not fussy about soil type but cannot take cold, wet soils.

Serious drivers have always resisted the fussy interference of technology–and with good reason.

His mother thought of him as a fussy baby because he nursed so often, slept so little, and wanted to be held so much.

That, his experiments suggest, will persuade the fussy eaters to lay eggs.

In addition, some people are fussy about gender neutrality.

Not fussy about soil type but must have good drainage.

The resulting dish is then rated by a set of fussy in-game friends.

But his mother had told the nurse that he seemed fussy and wasn't nursing quite as vigorously as usual.

Enzymes are proteins, which have a reputation for being fussy molecules.

You, sir, are being a bit too fussy for your own good.

Wisteria is not fussy about soil, but it does need good drainage.

Either way, chefs are taking bacon seriously, and they're fussy about what they buy.

What is more, residents are increasingly fussy about having even the tidiest pub as a neighbour.

Most lupines are not fussy about soil, though hybrids prefer rich, slightly acidic soil.

It is also normal for a baby to have a fussy period in the evening.

Fussy regulators are demanding more complicated and expensive clinical trials.

Plants are not fussy about soil as long as it is well drained.

German customers, moreover, are not particularly fussy about service.

But they're almost always grown as annuals, because they get fussy and cranky when faced with winter's chill.

And females of these animals can be fussy listeners.

It can be pruned to suit and is not at all fussy about growing conditions.

Those who pick up on cues from around them tend to be the fussy babies, and those who are more oblivious are the more placid ones.

They are not fussy or particularly stylish dressers, preferring simple clothing without much adornment.

The silicon printer is still fussy and does not produce chips with as fine a level of detail.

And then there's the issue of dealing with fussy diners.

Tiger also discovered that contrary to expectations, the robot fish are quite fussy about their aquatic environment.

Being extremely fussy eaters, both frogs and toads eschew insects and other small creatures that are unwilling to.

Move away from the fussy issue that is autism and move to a more concrete issue related to vaccination:.

Any fussy coffee drinker would be grossly offended if served instant coffee in a three-star restaurant.

Unlike the usual fussy tributes to naval commanders and politicians, this sculpture features clean lines and bold curves.

The latter solution seems too fussy and hard to coordinate to be worthwhile.

The little tyrant got hit badly by the big bear's claws and now he complains about being a fussy little furry and loveable bunny.

Men are unabashedly fussy about what they wear around their necks.

The members of the family could be fussy about the quality of their shoplifted goods, the police said.

And while much of the anxiety surrounding this dish is unwarranted, it's undeniably fussy and intimidating.

She had little patience for the inbred fashion industry, which she felt was devoted to hobbling women with its fussy clothes.

Some apartment owners complain that rules that are too fussy about what owners can and cannot do discourage sales.

He is also fussy about what he will undertake on stage or for the camera.

But it's fussy and time-consuming, and you end up with a side dish rather.

My baby was not fussy and our family eats mostly whole grain, organic food.

And purists can be fussy about what type of cornmeal to use.

Woodward later told the police that she had shaken the baby lightly because he was fussy and would not stop crying.

Main Entry:	critical
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	fault-finding, detracting
Synonyms:	analytical, belittling, biting, calumniatory, captious, carping, caviling, cavillous, censorious, censuring, choleric, condemning, critic, cutting, cynical, demanding, demeaning, derogatory, diagnostic, disapproving, discerning, discriminating, disparaging, exacting, exceptive, finicky, fussy, hairsplitting, humbling, hypercritical, lowering, nagging, niggling, nit-picking, overcritical, particular, penetrating, reproachful, sarcastic, satirical, scolding, severe, sharp, trenchant, withering
Antonyms:	complimentary, laudatory, praising

Main Entry:	dainty
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	finicky, particular
Synonyms:	acute, choosy, delicate, fastidious, finical, finicking, fussy, mincing, nice, perceptive, persnickety*, refined, scrupulous, tasteful
Antonyms:	accepting, easy

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	demanding
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	challenging, urgent
Synonyms:	ambitious, backbreaker, bothersome, clamorous, critical, dictatorial, difficult, exacting, exhausting, exigent, fussy, grievous, hard, imperious, importunate, insistent, nagging, onerous, oppressive, pressing, querulous, strict, stringent, taxing, tough, troublesome, trying, wearing, weighty
Antonyms:	easy, facile, trivial, unchallenging, undemanding

Main Entry:	detailed
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	itemized, particularized
Synonyms:	abundant, accurate, all-inclusive, amplified, at length, blow-by-blow, circumstantial, circumstantiated, clocklike, complete, complicated, comprehensive, copious, definite, described, developed, disclosed, elaborate, elaborated, enumerated, exact, exhausting, exhaustive, finicky, full, fussy, individual, individualized, intricate, meticulous, minute, narrow, nice, point-by-point, precise, seriatim, specific, specified, thorough, unfolded
Antonyms:	brief, cursory, inexhaustive, nonspecific, sparing, uncomplicated, undetailed

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	difficult
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	unmanageable socially
Synonyms:	argumentative, bearish, boorish, dark, demanding, fastidious, finicky, fractious, fussy, grim, hard to please, impolite, intractable, irritable, oafish, obstreperous, perverse, picky, refractory, rigid, rude, tiresome, tough, troublesome, trying, unaccommodating, unamenable
Antonyms:	calm, friendly, sociable

Main Entry:	discriminating
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	critical
Synonyms:	acute, astute, careful, choicy, choosy, cultivated, discerning, distinctive, eclectic, fastidious, finical, finicky, fussy, individualizing, judicious, keen, opinionated, particular, persnickety*, picky, prudent, refined, select, selective, sensitive, tasteful, wise
Antonyms:	uncritical, undiscriminating

* = informal/non-formal usage
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