fussiness

noun

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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
  • For more info: Colonial Williamsburg Take a virtual tour COMMENTARY: Taking a kinder, gentler tone against the rudeness of politics Civility has been absent from much of this presidential campaign.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2024
  • But the rudeness in question didn't occur at that event.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 26 Oct. 2024
Definition of rudeness
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  • Homan displays the sort of belligerence that attracts Trump, but a big question is how far the border czar will go to carry out his mandate.
    Chloe Berger, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Australia’s defense spending exceeds the two-percent threshold and the country has big increases planned for the future, but defense experts in Australia have warned that these increases are all scheduled several years from now, which may be too late to deter Chinese belligerence in the near term.
    Michael Green, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of belligerence
Noun
  • Speaking alongside Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Putin highlighted the part of the pact that allows the potential use of Russian nuclear warheads deployed to Belarus in response to an aggression.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
  • But for some, their disability can lead to frustration and, in turn, aggression.
    Camille Phillips, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of aggression
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  • The plaintiffs’ attorneys argued that the producers understood the sensitivity of the case, and had promised not to disclose anyone’s identities without their permission.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Pablo Larraín’s chronicle of Callas’ final days also exhibits the tension between sensitivity and authenticity.
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of sensitivity
Noun
  • Other international powers are showing even less patience for Israeli truculence.
    Shalom Lipner, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Government regulation had to be escalated and hundreds of lawsuits had to be filed before the company’s truculence was overcome.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 9 June 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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