Antonyms for fussy
ˈfʌs ifussy

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1. crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-temperedadjective

   annoyed and irritable

   Antonyms:
   plain, unfastidious, good-natured

   Synonyms:
   transversal, picky, particular, bad-tempered, busy, cross(a), transverse, cross, finicky, grumpy, grouchy, finical, crabby, crabbed, thwartwise, ill-tempered

2. busy, fussyadjective

   overcrowded or cluttered with detail

   "a busy painting"; "a fussy design"

   Antonyms:
   plain, unfastidious, good-natured

   Synonyms:
   engaged, busybodied, particular, meddlesome, picky, in use(p), interfering, busy, meddling, finical, cross, bad-tempered, grumpy, grouchy, crabby, crabbed, finicky, officious, ill-tempered

3. finical, finicky, fussy, particular, pickyadjective

   exacting especially about details

   "a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared"

   Antonyms:
   unfastidious, plain, good-natured

   Synonyms:
   special(a), peculiar(a), picky, bad-tempered, busy, particular, cross, finicky, grumpy, grouchy, special, especial(a), finical, crabby, crabbed, particular(a), ill-tempered, exceptional

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1. fussyadjective

   Synonyms:
   fidgety, fastidious, finical, particular, scrupulous, overnice, pernickety

How to use fussy in a sentence?

1. Natasha Burgert:

   Teething is not a medical problem. Teething is natural, it's important, and the vast majority of kids really do great, so, teething isn't something that parents should be worried about or something that needs tremendous action plans, however, if they do notice their kids are fussy and biting on things we can address them in many ways.

2. De Barse:

   Fussy eating can really be a problem for the families, dinners can become very difficult. There is also some evidence that when a child continues to be a fussy eater there can continue to be additional health problems.

3. Reynoldsburg Officer Nikki Riley:

   Katie Mulkey indicated the child was fussy and she was trying to calm him, katie Mulkey admitted giving him an adult dosage of Benadryl to the child.

4. Dave Ryan:

   Unfortunately these lizards basically eat anything thats made out of meat, theyre not fussy at all so rodents, birds, theyll even eat other lizards, other reptiles -- so something the size of a small dog or a cat is right up there on the menu for these guys.

5. Natasha Burgert:

   Teething is not a medical problem. Teething is natural, it's important, and the vast majority of kids really do great, so, teething isn't something that parents should be worried about or something that need tremendous action plans, however, if they do notice their kids are fussy and biting on things we can address them in many ways.

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