noun
- a person who worries unnecessarily about minor details or is overly particular about small matters
Usage: informal
Examples
- Don’t be such a fussbudget about the decorations—they look fine.
- My grandmother is a real fussbudget when it comes to keeping the house clean.
- He’s turned into quite the fussbudget since becoming a manager.
- Stop being a fussbudget and just enjoy the party.
- She called him a fussbudget for reorganizing the spice rack three times.
- The teacher was a fussbudget about proper handwriting.