fusspots
People easily bothered
Fusspots are people who worry excessively over small details or make unnecessary fuss about minor matters.
The term is mildly dismissive, suggesting someone whose concerns are trivial or overblown: Don't be such fusspots—the party will be fine.
Singular: fussbudget and fusspot are near-synonyms.
Showing extreme attention to detail
- fastidiousExcessively attentive to detail
- exactingDemanding great care
- scrupulousThorough and principled
- punctiliousExcessively careful about details
particular · demanding · perfectionist · precise · orderly · neatness · conscientious · thorough
Excessively concerned with minor rules
- quibblingPetty objection-raising
- finickyExcessively particular, hard to satisfy
- hair-splittingExcessive focus on trivialities
- persnicketyExcessively concerned with details
faultfinding · captious · caviling · overcritical · hypercritical · nit-picker · stickler · precisionist
meticulous
Showing extreme attention to detail
- fastidiousExcessively attentive to detail
- exactingDemanding great care
- scrupulousThorough and principled
punctilious · particular · demanding · perfectionist · precise · orderly · neatness · conscientious · thorough · immaculate
pedantic
Excessively concerned with minor rules
- quibblingPetty objection-raising
- finickyExcessively particular, hard to satisfy
- hair-splittingExcessive focus on trivialities
persnickety · faultfinding · captious · caviling · overcritical · hypercritical · nit-picker · stickler · precisionist · overparticular
grumpy
Irritable in temperament
- crankyIll-tempered and peevish
- cantankerousBad-tempered and argumentative
- peevishHabitually fretful
tetchy · fractious · querulous · petulant · irascible · testy · snappy · short-tempered · touchy · grouchy
grumbling
Muttering in discontent
- whiningProlonged nasal complaining
- moaningProlonged sound of distress
- gripingVoicing persistent complaints
nagging · kvetching · bellyaching · grousing · carping · groaning · murmuring · muttering · protesting · objecting