fussy

adj., -i·er, -i·est.

1. Easily upset; given to bouts of ill temper: a fussy baby.
2. Paying great or excessive attention to personal tastes and appearance; fastidious: He was always fussy about clothes.
3. Calling for or requiring great attention to sometimes trivial details: a fussy actuarial problem.
4. Full of superfluous details: "It can indeed be fussy, filling with ornament what should be empty space" (H.D.F. Kitto).

fussily fuss'i·ly adv.
fussiness fuss'i·ness n.

adjective

1. Very difficult to please: choosy, dainty, exacting, fastidious, finical, finicky, meticulous, nice, particular, persnickety, squeamish. Informal picky. See accept/reject.
2. Excessively filled with detail: busy, cluttered, crowded. See simple/complex.

adj

Definition: meticulous
Antonyms: easy to please, indiscriminate

adj

Definition: meticulous, particular
Antonyms: uncritical, undemanding, unfussy

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: perversely irritable
  Synonyms: crabbed, crabby, cross, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered

Meaning #2: overcrowded or cluttered with detail
  Synonym: busy

Meaning #3: exacting especially about details
  Synonyms: finical, finicky, particular

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - nervøs, let irritabel, pertentlig, kræsen

Nederlands (Dutch)
kieskeurig, pietluttig, druk versierd, snel geïrriteerd

Français (French)
adj. - chargé, emphatique, tarabiscoté, difficile (sur), trop chargé, surchargé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - kleinlich, übertrieben geschäftig, viel Aufhebens machend, übermäßig verziert

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - σχολαστικός, λεπτολόγος, ιδιότροπος

Italiano (Italian)
pignolo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - cheio de detalhes

Русский (Russian)
суетливый, перегруженный деталями, разборчивый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - exigente, inquieto

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - beskäftig, fjäskig, utstyrd, nervös

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
爱挑剔的, 易烦恼的, 难取悦的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 愛挑剔的, 易煩惱的, 難取悅的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 법석을 떠는, 까다로운, 신경질적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 大騒ぎする, 凝りすぎる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) سريع الإهتياج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עצבני, קפדן, מגונדר, מדקדק, נוטה להתרגשות, מלא פרטים או קישוטים לא-נחוצים‬

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