Definitions

fussbudget

[fuhs-buhj-it] / ˈfʌsˌbʌdʒ ɪt /

ADJECTIVE

finicky

Synonyms

STRONGEST

choosy fastidious fussy scrupulous squeamish

WEAK

critical dainty difficult finical finicking hard to please nice nit-picking overnice persnickety picky stickling

Antonyms

STRONGEST

uncritical undemanding unfussy

WEAK

easy open

ADJECTIVE

painstaking

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assiduous careful conscientious diligent earnest exacting scrupulous strenuous

STRONG

detail-oriented

WEAK

by the book by the numbers conscionable exact finicky fussy hard-working heedful industrious particular persevering persnickety picky punctilious punctual sedulous stickler thoroughgoing

Antonyms

STRONGEST

careless lazy lethargic negligent thoughtless uncareful unconcerned unenthusiastic unscrupulous

WEAK

easy half-baked half-done unmindful unthorough

ADJECTIVE

particular

Synonyms

STRONG

dainty nice rough stickler tough

WEAK

careful choicy choosy critical discriminating exacting fastidious finical fussy hard to please meticulous nit-picking persnickety picky

Antonyms

STRONG

easy

WEAK

common general imprecise indefinite indifferent inexact nonchalant ordinary undemanding undiscriminating unimportant usual

NOUN

biddy

Synonyms

STRONG

battle-ax beldam crone fishwife fusspot hag old biddy witch

NOUN

busybody

Synonyms

STRONG

buttinsky eavesdropper fink gossip intruder meddler newsmonger rubberneck scandalmonger snoop snooper tattletale troublemaker yenta

WEAK

Nosey Parker backseat driver butt-in intermeddler sidewalk superintendent

NOUN

fuddy-duddy

Synonyms

STRONG

dotard fogy fusspot granny square stick-in-the-mud

WEAK

dull person fussy person old fart old fogy old geezer old maid old poop stuffed shirt

NOUN

perfectionist

Synonyms

STRONG

fusspot idealist purist quibbler

WEAK

formalist nit-picker

NOUN

prig

Synonyms

STRONGEST

goody two-shoes goody-goody

STRONG

Miss Priss priss prude puritan snob

Example Sentences

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Fussbudget Felix Unger and the slovenly Oscar Madison first debuted in a Broadway play in 1965.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2015

"Are you afraid it will run away, little Miss Fussbudget!"

From Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School Or, Fast Friends in the Sororities by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]

Old Fussbudget Tom Redmond is jest achin' to make an arrest in this case.

From Mystery Ranch by Chapman, Arthur

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