fussbudget

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/ˈfʌsˌbʌd͡ʒɪt/

noun

One who complains or fusses a great deal, especially about unimportant matters; a fusspot.

“Their three-year-old daughter can be quite a fussbudget, but she's cute.”

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Meanings

nounfussbudget (plural fussbudgets)

plural fussbudgets · alternative fuss-budget

  1. CanadaUScolloquialderogatoryOne who complains or fusses a great deal, especially about unimportant matters; a fusspot.

    Their three-year-old daughter can be quite a fussbudget, but she's cute.

    1 more example

    The nation's 50 million smokers remain at liberty to vote en bloc for a fussbudget-free Congress. Are the polls ready to accommodate smokers?

    2010, Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway, quoting Russell Seitz, chapter 5, in Merchants of Doubt

    Synonyms: fussbutton, fusspot

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOne who complains or fusses a great deal, especially about unimportant matters; a fusspot.

Similar
fussbuttonfusspot
Also see
fussbuttonfusspot

Translations

Bulgarian мрънкало
  • мрънкало (mrănkalo)One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters
Danish hidsigprop
  • hidsigpropOne who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters
French tatillon, tatillonne
  • tatillonOne who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters
  • tatillonneOne who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters
  • difficileOne who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters
  • anxieuxOne who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters
  • anxieuseOne who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters
German Nörgler, Meckerer
  • NörglerOne who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters
  • MeckererOne who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters
  • MeckerfritzeOne who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters
  • QuerulantOne who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters
  • MeckerlieseOne who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters
Polish maruda, grymaśnik
  • marudaOne who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters
  • grymaśnikOne who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters
Spanish criticón, quisquilloso
  • criticónOne who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters
  • quisquillosoOne who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters
  • tiquismiquisOne who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters
  • mañosoOne who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters
  • maniáticoOne who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters
  • pejigueroOne who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters
Welsh ffwdanwr, ffwdanwraig
  • ffwdanwrOne who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters
  • ffwdanwraigOne who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters
Cite this entry
APA

fussbudget. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fussbudget

MLA

“fussbudget.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fussbudget. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fussbudget,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fussbudget.

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