fusspot
fusspot noun: a person who makes a fuss, particularly about trivial things.
Noun
fusspot (plural fusspots)
- A person who makes a fuss, particularly about trivial things.
- My teacher is such a fusspot, he marks us down for handwriting!
- Synonyms:
- fussbudget
Verb
fusspot (third-person singular simple present fusspots, present participle fusspotting, simple past and past participle fusspotted)
- To 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
fusspot meaning in Hindi
fusspot in Hindi
- fusspot
- नकचढ़ा nakcaṛhā
Synonyms of fusspot
Forms of fusspot
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | fusspots |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | fusspots |
| present participle | fusspotting |
| past participle | fusspotted |
| past | fusspotted |
Origin of fusspot
From fuss + pot.
Words formed from fusspot
Questions about fusspot
- What does fusspot mean?
- Fusspot means a person who makes a fuss, particularly about trivial things.
- What is fusspot in Hindi?
- Fusspot in Hindi is नकचढ़ा (nakcaṛhā). See Fusspot meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fusspot?
- Fusspot can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of fusspot?
- The plural of fusspot is fusspots.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: fusspot (page history and authors); नकचढ़ा (Hindi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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