excessively busy with trifles; anxious or particular about petty details.

hard to satisfy or please

a fussy eater.

(of clothes, decoration, etc.) elaborately made, trimmed, or decorated

All the bric-a-brac gave the room a fussy, cluttered look.

full of details, esp. in excess

His writing is so fussy I lose the thread of the story.

adjective

uncritical , undemanding , unfussy

adjective

careful , choosy , conscientious , conscionable , dainty , difficult , discriminating , exact , exacting , fastidious , finical , finicky , fretful , fuddy-duddy * , hard to please , heedful , nit-picking , overfastidious , painstaking , persnickety , picky , picky-picky , punctilious , punctual , querulous , scrupulous , squeamish , stickling , meticulous , particular , cluttered , crowded , chary , demanding , fidgety , niggling , overnice , pernickety , quibbling