fussy

About 0.58 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Anxious or particular about petty details; hard to please.
2. adjective Having a tendency to fuss, cry, or be bad-tempered/ill-tempered (especially of babies).
3. adjective Having much unnecessary detail or decoration.

Similar words

finical finicky fastidious fancy particular busy ill-natured ill-tempered bad-tempered crabby

Often followed by

about and little old baby or as in eater

Word family

fussier fussiest fussily fussiness fussinesses