adjective
- Annoyed and irritable.
- synonyms: crabbed, crabby, cross, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered
- Overcrowded or cluttered with detail.
- usage: "a busy painting"; "a fussy design"
- synonyms: busy
- Exacting especially about details.
- usage: "a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared"
- synonyms: finical, finicky, particular, picky
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