Examples of “fussy” in a Sentence

adjective Overly concerned with small details; hard to satisfy.

• My grandfather is fussy about how his tea is made.
• She's fussy about her food and won't eat anything with sauce on it.

adjective Easily upset or irritable, especially describing a baby.

• The baby gets fussy when he's overtired.
• She was a fussy toddler who cried at bedtime every night.

adjective Cluttered with too much unnecessary detail or decoration.

• The wallpaper pattern was too fussy for such a small room.