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FUSSINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fussiness mean? 

FUSSINESS (noun)
  The noun FUSSINESS has 2 senses:

1. an irritable petulant feelingplay

2. unnecessary elaborateness in detailsplay

  Familiarity information: FUSSINESS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FUSSINESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An irritable petulant feeling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

choler; crossness; fretfulness; fussiness; irritability; peevishness; petulance

Hypernyms ("fussiness" is a kind of...):

distemper; ill humor; ill humour (an angry and disagreeable mood)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fussiness"):

testiness; tetchiness; touchiness (feeling easily irritated)

pet (a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight))

Derivation:

fussy (annoyed and irritable)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Unnecessary elaborateness in details

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("fussiness" is a kind of...):

elaborateness; ornateness (an ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated)

Derivation:

fussy (exacting especially about details)

fussy (overcrowded or cluttered with detail)


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