Someone who is too particular or fussy—if it’s a man:
| FINICKY | 211 |
| FUSSBUDGET | 102 |
| OLD MAID | 102 |
| PERSNICKETY | 89 |
| NR | 86 |
| OLD WOMAN | 53 |
| SISSY | 51 |
| FUSSY | 37 |
| PRISSY | 36 |
| PERFECTIONIST | 33 |
| PICKY | 21 |
| PARTICULAR | 20 |
| PICAYUNISH | 19 |
| FASTIDIOUS | 18 |
| FUDDY-DUDDY | 15 |
| FUSS-POT | 13 |
| TICKY | 13 |
| TOO PARTICULAR | 13 |
| CRANKY | 12 |
| DUDE | 10 |
| FANATIC | 10 |
| FUSS-BUTTON | 9 |
| OLD MAIDISH | 9 |
| SISSIFIED | 8 |
| CRANK | 6 |
| PECULIAR | 6 |
| TOO FUSSY | 6 |
| FOP | 5 |
| FUSS-BOX | 5 |
| NASTY-NICE | 5 |
| METICULOUS | 4 |
| NIT-PICKER | 4 |
| OLD FUSSBUDGET | 4 |
| PANTYWAIST | 4 |
| EFFEMINATE | 3 |
| HARD TO GET ALONG WITH | 3 |
| PICAYUNE | 3 |
| PRUDE | 3 |
| QUEER | 3 |
| TOO FINICKY | 3 |
| TOO PRECISE | 3 |
| TROUBLE-MAKER | 3 |
| ACTS LIKE A WOMAN | 2 |
| CRAB | 2 |
| CRABBY | 2 |
| EXACTING | 2 |
| FANCY PANTS | 2 |
| GROUCH | 2 |
| HARD TO PLEASE | 2 |
| IMMACULATE | 2 |
| MISS NANCY | 2 |
| OLD BACHELOR | 2 |
| OLD FOGY | 2 |
| OLD FUSS-POT | 2 |
| OLD LADY | 2 |
| OLD-MAIDISH | 2 |
| PAIN IN THE NECK | 2 |
| PANSY | 2 |
| PERNICKETY | 2 |
| PRIM | 2 |
| PROUD | 2 |
| REGULAR OLD MAID | 2 |
| SET IN HIS WAYS | 2 |
| SIS | 2 |
| STICKLER | 2 |
| STRICT | 2 |
| STUCK-UP | 2 |
| TOO CHOOSY | 2 |
| TOO FASTIDIOUS | 2 |
| TOO HARD TO PLEASE | 2 |
| TOO METICULOUS | 2 |
| TOO PICKAYUNISH | 2 |
| TOO PICKY | 2 |
| TOO PRISSY | 2 |
| VERY PARTICULAR | 2 |
| WORSE THAN AN OLD MAID | 2 |
| ALL MATURED | 1 |
| ALWAYS GOT TO BE RIGHT | 1 |
| ALWAYS ON THE EXTREME | 1 |
| AWFUL PARTICULAR | 1 |
| AWFUL PRISSY | 1 |
| BEYOND COMPARISON | 1 |
| BIGGEST GROUCH | 1 |
| BORESOME | 1 |
| BOSSY | 1 |
| CANTANKEROUS | 1 |
| CHOOSY | 1 |
| CRABBY PERSON | 1 |
| CRAZY CLEAN | 1 |
| CURIOUS | 1 |
| DANDY | 1 |
| DINK | 1 |
| DUDISH | 1 |
| ECCENTRIC | 1 |
| EXACT | 1 |
| FASHION PLATE | 1 |
| FEMININE | 1 |
| FEMMY | 1 |
| FIDGETY | 1 |
| FINICAL | 1 |
| FOOLISH | 1 |
| FRAID HE’LL GET DIRTY | 1 |
| FUG-BUGGET | 1 |
| FUNNY | 1 |
| FUSS | 1 |
| FUSS-BUTT | 1 |
| FUSSER | 1 |
| FUSS-GADGET | 1 |
| FUSS-NUT | 1 |
| FUSS-PODGET | 1 |
| FUSSY HEAD | 1 |
| FUSSY MAN | 1 |
| FUSSY OLD GOAT | 1 |
| FUSSY-BUG | 1 |
| FUZZY-DUD | 1 |
| GOD DAMN FUSSY | 1 |
| GRANDMOTHER | 1 |
| GRANNY | 1 |
| GRIPING | 1 |
| GROUCHY | 1 |
| HARD TO SUIT | 1 |
| HE’D MAKE A GOOD PRESIDENT | 1 |
| HE’LL GET DIRTY | 1 |
| HIGH AND MIGHTY | 1 |
| ICE-CREAM BOY | 1 |
| INDEPENDENT | 1 |
| JUST LIKE AN OLD WOMAN | 1 |
| JUST SO | 1 |
| LA-DI-DA | 1 |
| LADY-LIKE | 1 |
| LIKE A WOMAN | 1 |
| LITTLE OLD LADY | 1 |
| MAID | 1 |
| METICULOUS PERSON | 1 |
| MISS BESSY | 1 |
| MR. CLEAN | 1 |
| NEAT | 1 |
| NELLY | 1 |
| NEUROTIC | 1 |
| NOT MANLY | 1 |
| NOTIONAL | 1 |
| NUTS | 1 |
| ODDBALL | 1 |
| OLD BATCH | 1 |
| OLD CRANK | 1 |
| OLD FUSSOCK | 1 |
| OLD GRAMMAW | 1 |
| OLD GRANDPA | 1 |
| OLD GRANNY | 1 |
| OLD-MAID TYPE | 1 |
| OLD-WOMANISH | 1 |
| ON THE FEMININE SIDE | 1 |
| OVER-CAUTIOUS | 1 |
| OVERLY EXACTING | 1 |
| OVER-NICE | 1 |
| OVER-PARTICULAR | 1 |
| PARTICLAR | 1 |
| PEACOCK | 1 |
| PERCISE | 1 |
| PERFECT | 1 |
| PERSISTENT | 1 |
| PERSNICKETY OLD MAID | 1 |
| PICAYUNY | 1 |
| PICKISH | 1 |
| PILL | 1 |
| POLISHED | 1 |
| PRECISE | 1 |
| PRECOCE | 1 |
| PRETTY BOY | 1 |
| PRIG | 1 |
| PRIM AND PROPER | 1 |
| PRIMPER | 1 |
| PRISS | 1 |
| PRISSLY | 1 |
| PROUD MAN | 1 |
| QUEERIE | 1 |
| REAL FUDDY-DUDDY | 1 |
| REAL PARTICULAR | 1 |
| REGULAR FANATIC | 1 |
| REGULAR GRANNY | 1 |
| SELF-CONSCIOUS | 1 |
| SHE | 1 |
| SHOW-OFF | 1 |
| SILLY | 1 |
| SMART ALEC | 1 |
| SNOOTY | 1 |
| SNOUTY | 1 |
| SO IMMACULATE | 1 |
| SO PARTICULAR | 1 |
| SO-SO | 1 |
| SPICK AND SPAN | 1 |
| SPUTTER-BUDGET | 1 |
| SQUEAMISH | 1 |
| STICKLER FOR DETAILS | 1 |
| SUGAR DADDY | 1 |
| TEDIOUS TED | 1 |
| TIGHT | 1 |
| TITSY-PRITZEL | 1 |
| TOO CRITICAL | 1 |
| TOO DAINTY | 1 |
| TOO DAMN FUSSY | 1 |
| TOO DAMN PARTICULAR | 1 |
| TOO FUNNY | 1 |
| TOO GOOD | 1 |
| TOO IMMACULATE | 1 |
| TOO MATURED | 1 |
| TOO NICE | 1 |
| TOO NICEY-NICE | 1 |
| TOO PROUD | 1 |
| TOO PUTTERY FOR HIS OWN GOOD | 1 |
| TOO SILLY | 1 |
| TOO TECHNICAL | 1 |
| TOO-TOO | 1 |
| TOUCHY | 1 |
| TRIES TO BE INTELLIGENT | 1 |
| UNMANNERLY | 1 |
| UPPITY | 1 |
| VAIN | 1 |
| VALET | 1 |
| WEAK SISTER | 1 |
| WORRISOME | 1 |
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