Usually means: Person overly concerned with details.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word fussbudget:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. fussbudget: Merriam-Webster
  2. fussbudget: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fussbudget: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. fussbudget: Collins English Dictionary
  5. fussbudget: Wordnik
  6. fussbudget: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. fussbudget: Wiktionary
  8. fussbudget: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. fussbudget: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. fussbudget: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. fussbudget: Dictionary.com
  12. fussbudget: FreeDictionary.org
  13. Fussbudget: The Word Detective
  14. fussbudget: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. fussbudget: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fussbudget: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fussbudget: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See fussbudgety as well.)

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▸ noun:  (colloquial, derogatory, Canada, US) One who complains or fusses a great deal, especially about unimportant matters; a fusspot.

Similar:
fuss-budget, fussbutton, fussbudgetry, fusspot, pettyfogger, worrywart, petty-fogger, fidget, fuzznut, kvetch, more...

Opposite:
laid-back, easygoing, relaxed, carefree

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Similar:
fuss-budget, fussbutton, fussbudgetry, fusspot, pettyfogger, worrywart, petty-fogger, fidget, fuzznut, kvetch, more...

Opposite:
laid-back, easygoing, relaxed, carefree



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