fusspotnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfʌs.pɒt/us/ˈfʌs.pɑːt/UK US fussbudget informala person who is often not satisfied and complains about things that are not important:
"I can't eat this meat - it's too tough." "You old fusspot - give it here and I'll eat it!"
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wanting everything to be right
- anal
- anally retentive
- choosy
- dot
- dot the i's and cross the t's idiom
- faddy
- fastidious
- fussbudget
- fussy
- houseproud
- martinet
- nitpicking
- particular
- perfectionism
- perfectionist
- pernickety
- persnickety
- pettifogging
- purist
- stickler
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