fussiness

noun

Definition of fussinessnext
1
as in finickiness

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2
as in querulousness

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  1. rudeness
  2. belligerence
  3. aggression
  4. sensitivity
  5. truculence
  6. belligerency
  7. scrappiness
Noun
  • Many adults will think that the host’s rudeness justifies an angry response — and of course, that would vastly entertain the children.
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025
  • However, sometimes that truth can come off as blunt to the point of rudeness.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of rudeness
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  • In the last decade, North Korean belligerence has spurred the creation of an innovative defense industrial base in South Korea, which now exports to clients globally.
    Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Leaders in Europe have repeatedly warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin's aggression would not just stop at Ukraine, as maps by Newsweek show potential flashpoints if Moscow were to take its belligerence further on the continent.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of belligerence
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  • In his four years as secretary of state, Antony Blinken has traveled more than a million miles on the job, countering Russian aggression in Ukraine with a reinvigorated NATO alliance, and managing American interests in the ongoing turmoil across the Middle East.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Not just because of his physicality, aggression and reading of the game but because his work on the ball will have to improve significantly during his time at City.
    Sam Lee, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of aggression
Noun
  • Bank supervisors globally have a framework to assess banks’ capital, asset quality, management, earnings, liquidity and sensitivity to market risk.
    Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Thanks to its large size and exceptional sensitivity, DECam has provided astronomers with unprecedented insights into these regions of space.
    Victoria Corless, Space.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of sensitivity
Noun
  • Its approach to union organizing activity may not be entirely welcoming, but seems to lack the truculence and hostility shown by retailers such as Starbucks and Amazon.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Other international powers are showing even less patience for Israeli truculence.
    Shalom Lipner, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of truculence
Noun
  • Congress has given away its power to declare war to the president, handing over the ability to take the nation from a state of peace to a state of belligerency or co-belligerency.
    Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2024
  • Credibility requires consistency, not belligerency.
    Keren Yarhi-Milo, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2017
Definition of belligerency
Noun
  • This scrappiness paid off when delivery became a table stakes channel in the past year.
    Alicia Kelso, Forbes, 5 May 2021
  • The unselfishness and scrappiness of the Golden Eagles is reminiscent of those teams coached by Al McGuire in halcyon days.
    Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2023
Definition of scrappiness
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