fussy
Picky about details
Fussy describes someone excessively concerned with small details or hard to please: a fussy eater, Don't be so fussy about the font.
A fussy baby is irritable and difficult to soothe.
Fussy also describes things overly elaborate or ornate: fussy Victorian decor, a fussy arrangement of doilies and figurines.
Requiring excessive attention
- hard-to-pleaseDemanding high standards constantly
- exactingDemanding great care
- perfectionistOne demanding flawlessness
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
inflexible · strict · rigorous · picky · choosy · critical · nitpicky · scrupulous
Focused on small elements
- preciseExactly correct, no error
- thoroughComplete in every detail
- fastidiousExcessively attentive to detail
- punctiliousExcessively careful about details
exact · methodical · orderly · organized · systematic · conscientious · careful · deliberate
Ill-tempered and peevish
- grumpyIrritable in temperament
- fretfulAnxiously irritable
- whinyInclined to complain
- peevishHabitually fretful
petulant · grouchy · moody · sulky · querulous · snappy · short-tempered · tetchy
Complex and detailed
- frillyHaving gathered fabric edges
- busyActively occupied with tasks
- clutteredCrowded with disorder
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
decorative · embellished · fancy · ornamental · rococo · baroque · fiddly · ostentatious
high-maintenance
Requiring excessive attention
- hard-to-pleaseDemanding high standards constantly
- exactingDemanding great care
- perfectionistOne demanding flawlessness
uncompromising · inflexible · strict · rigorous · picky · choosy · critical · nitpicky · scrupulous · stringent
detail-oriented
Focused on small elements
- preciseExactly correct, no error
- thoroughComplete in every detail
- fastidiousExcessively attentive to detail
punctilious · exact · methodical · orderly · organized · systematic · conscientious · careful · deliberate · painstaking
cranky
Ill-tempered and peevish
peevish · petulant · grouchy · moody · sulky · querulous · snappy · short-tempered · tetchy · impatient
elaborate
Complex and detailed
overwrought · decorative · embellished · fancy · ornamental · rococo · baroque · fiddly · ostentatious · florid
- slang traitsbossy, brainy, bubbly, chatty, cheeky
- immaturityimmature, childish, juvenile, infantile, puerile
- Fussy traitsnitpicking, finicky, persnickety, pernickety, fastidious
- childlike traitsplayful, curious, innocent, imaginative, young
- ornateornate, elaborate, embellished, decorative, ornamental
- criticismcriticism, critique, review, feedback, opinion
fussyeasygoing
Relaxed in temperament
laid-back · undemanding · relaxed · tolerant · unfussy
fussysimple
Free of complexity
plain · minimalist · clean · unadorned · understated
- fuss overLavish worried attention upon
- kick up a fussComplain noisily and dramatically
- make a fuss
- making a fuss
- fussed over
- big fuss
fuss, fusses, fussed, unfussy, fussiness, fussily, fussiest, fussier, fusser