Fuss

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  • noun. Needlessly nervous or useless activity; commotion.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A state of excessive and unwarranted concern over an unimportant matter.
  • noun. An objection; a protest.
  • noun. A quarrel.
  • noun. A display of affectionate excitement and attention.
  • intransitive verb. To trouble or worry over trifles.
  • intransitive verb. To be excessively careful or solicitous.
  • intransitive verb. To get into or be in a state of nervous or useless activity.
  • intransitive verb. To object; complain.
  • intransitive verb. To disturb or vex with unimportant matters.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make much ado about trifles; make a bustle.
  • To disturb or confuse with trifling matters.
  • noun. Trifling, useless, or annoying activity; disorderly bustle; an anxious display of petty energy.
  • noun. A disturbing course of action; a display of perturbed feeling; disturbance; tumult: as, to make a fuss over a disappointment.
  • noun. A large, fat, bustling person.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles.
  • noun. One who is unduly anxious about trifles; a fussbudget.
  • intransitive verb. To be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make a bustle or ado.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
  • verb. To be very worried or excited about something, often too much.
  • verb. To fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something
  • verb. To cry or be ill-humoured.
  • verb. To show affection for, especially animals.
  • verb. To pet.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a quarrel about petty points
  • noun. a rapid active commotion
  • noun. an excited state of agitation
  • noun. an angry disturbance
  • verb. worry unnecessarily or excessively
  • verb. care for like a mother
  • Word Usage
    "(One of these days, I'm gonna get myself a potato ricer and see what all the fuss is about ...)"
    Hypernym
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    Rhyme
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    Gus  Huss  Pruss  Rus  Russ  
    Same Context
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    Synonym
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    addle  addle the wits  ado  ado  agitate  
    verb-form
    fussed  fusses  fussing