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Very particular about details or requirements

Full of unnecessary detail or decoration

In a grumpy or querulous mood

Diligent or meticulous in performing a process or procedure

Not easy to please or satisfy

Involving the use of exaggerated or flowery writing or language

Conscientious in application or pursuit

Affectedly proper, or formal, and rather prudish

Trivial and irritating

Prompt or on time

Academic in manner, often in an annoying or boring way

Affectedly concerned with elegant or refined behavior, language, or manners

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Adjective

Very particular about details or requirements

over-particular

difficult to please

over-fastidious

pass-remarkable

impossible to please

excessively orderly

scrutinising^UK

scrutinizing^US

extremely particular

on someone's back

unfavourable^UK

easily disgusted

discriminational

with good taste

individualizing^US

individualising^UK

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“I'm very fussy about what I eat and who I eat it with.”

Adjective

Full of unnecessary detail or decoration

overembellished

over-embellished

excessively ornate

highly decorated

with all the extras

with all the options

with bells and whistles

excessively ornamental

exhibitionistic

fancily decorated

lavishly appointed

fit for a queen

in the lap of luxury

up to the minute

bang up to date

dressed to kill

dressed to the nines

in high feather

dressed to the teeth

well turned-out

in the mainstream

pleasure-loving

prosperous-looking

wealthy-looking

well turned out

as if one had just stepped out of a bandbox

smartly dressed

pleasing to the eye

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“The Gustavian style, a reaction against fussy rococo interiors, originated in 1770s Sweden and is still popular.”

Adjective

In a grumpy or querulous mood

like a bear with a sore head

ill-humoured^UK

on a short fuse

as cross as two sticks

having got out of bed on the wrong side

having got out of bed the wrong side

hot under the collar

easily offended

huffy irascible

got up on wrong side of bed

confrontational

not best pleased

uncommunicative

bent out of shape

foaming at the mouth

unaccommodating

ready for a fight

in high dudgeon

prima donna-ish

apt to fly off the handle

perversely irritable

passive-aggressive

bundle of nerves

with a long face

having short fuse

hot under collar

like a cat on a hot tin roof

a bundle of nerves

down in the mouth

having a fit of the sulks

easily frightened

easily agitated

have a bone to pick

having a chip on one's shoulder

itching to fight

hyper-sensitive

easily affected

difficult to handle

like a fish out of water

on the qui vive

have chip on shoulder

pass-remarkable

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“It seemed like the day had been an endless stream of fussy clients, confused contractors, and endless emails.”

Adjective

Diligent or meticulous in performing a process or procedure

selfdisciplined

going to great lengths

minding p's and q's

extremely careful

dotting the i's

crossing the t's

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“His painting is so fussy and painstaking that the object or scene becomes a labyrinth of minute strokes.”

Adjective

Not easy to please or satisfy

unaccommodating

over-particular

high-maintenance

over-censorious

hard to satisfy

pass-remarkable

overly solicitous

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Adjective

Involving the use of exaggerated or flowery writing or language

hyperventilated

full of hot air

circumlocutionary

full of verbiage

with the gift of the gab

having kissed the blarney stone

able to talk the hind legs off a donkey

circumlocuitous

circumlocutional

circumlocutious

having kissed the Blarney Stone

blessed with the gift of the gab

excessively communicative

having kissed the Blarney stone

seemingly endless

forever and a day

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Adjective

Conscientious in application or pursuit

bound and determined

stop at nothing

rushed off your feet

full of determination

up to one's ears

have one's hands full

busy as a beaver

with one's shoulder to the wheel

with one's nose to the grindstone

in for long haul

putting one's heart and soul into

action-oriented

self-opinionated

having enough on one's plate

having a full plate

having fish to fry

tight with time

having many irons in the fire

nose to grindstone

stubborn as a mule

have a prior engagement

have a previous engagement

with a customer

intensely competitive

having killer instinct

fiercely competitive

too much on plate

head over heels

meaning business

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Adjective

Affectedly proper, or formal, and rather prudish

schoolmistressy

prim and proper

stick-in-the-mud

of the old school

holier-than-thou

goody-two-shoes

politically correct

goody two-shoes

behind the times

socially acceptable

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Adjective

Trivial and irritating

nickel-and-dime

inconsequential

twopenny-halfpenny

not worth mentioning

of little account

not worth bothering about

of no consequence

of little importance

of little consequence

of no importance

without rhyme or reason

of minor importance

not worth speaking of

unconsequential

hardly worth mentioning

counterproductive

neither here nor there

of no great concern

of little import

of no significance

beside the point

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Adjective

Prompt or on time

Adjective

Academic in manner, often in an annoying or boring way

Adjective

Affectedly concerned with elegant or refined behavior, language, or manners

over-sentimental

over the top OTT

hyperventilated

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