fusspot

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noun

A person who makes a fuss, particularly about trivial things.

“My teacher is such a fusspot, he marks us down for handwriting!”

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Meanings

nounfusspot (plural fusspots)

plural fusspots

  1. informalA person who makes a fuss, particularly about trivial things.

    My teacher is such a fusspot, he marks us down for handwriting!

    Synonyms: fussbudget

verbfusspot (third-person singular simple present fusspots, present participle fusspotting, simple past and past participle fusspotted)

present singular third person fusspots · participle present fusspotting · participle past fusspotted · past fusspotted

  1. informalintransitiveTo make a fuss, particularly about trivial things.

    I hadn't realised then that fusspotting about small details of social disorder was an Australian obsession.

    1999, Annie Caulfield, The Winners' Enclosure, page 67

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person who makes a fuss, particularly about trivial things.

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fussbudget

More synonyms by meaning

nounthinks about unfortunate things that might happen

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worrierfuss-budgetworrywart
Broader
spoilsportkilljoywet blanket
Also see
fussbudgetfussbuttonworrierworrywart

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From fuss + pot.

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APA

fusspot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fusspot

MLA

“fusspot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fusspot. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fusspot,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fusspot.

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