Meaning

3 senses
  1. Anxious or particular about petty details; hard to please.

    pingelig, wählerisch, anspruchsvoll

    привере́дливыйpriverédlivyj, разбо́рчивыйrazbórčivyj, приди́рчивыйpridírčivyj

    прискі́пливийpryskíplyvyj, вибагливийvybahlyvyj, вимогливийvymohlyvyj

    exacting especially about details

  2. Having a tendency to fuss, cry, or be bad-tempered/ill-tempered (especially of babies).

    quengelig, unruhig, wählerisch

  3. Having much unnecessary detail or decoration.

Examples

130 sentences
  1. Tom is very fussy about what he eats.

    Том дуже перебірливий у їжі.

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  2. Tom is a very fussy eater, isn't he?

    Том дуже перебірливий у їжі, так?

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  3. I'm a fussy eater.

    Я примхливий їдець.

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  4. Tom is fussy.

    Том капризний.

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  5. He is a very fussy eater.

    ruОн очень привередлив в еде.

    deEr ist sehr pingelig beim Essen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
particular about details:
Русский
By meaning 1
particular about details:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
particular about details:
having a tendency to fuss or cry:

Forms

fussier, fussiest
Comparativefussier Lesson
Superlativefussiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • fussy eater
  • very fussy eater
  • a very fussy
  • a fussy eater
  • is a fussy

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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