English noun: fussiness | |||
1. | fussiness (feeling) an irritable petulant feeling | ||
Synonyms | choler, crossness, fretfulness, irritability, peevishness, petulance | ||
Broader (hypernym) | distemper, ill humor, ill humour | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | pet, testiness, tetchiness, touchiness | ||
2. | fussiness (attribute) unnecessary elaborateness in details | ||
Broader (hypernym) | elaborateness, ornateness | ||