fuss

Noun · Verb
US[fuhs]/fʌs/1 syllable
Synonyms: ditherpothertizzyflaptroublebotherhasslebickerbickeringspattiffsquabble

Open English WordNet

Verb (2)fusses, fussed, fussing

  1. worry unnecessarily or excessively“don't fuss too much over the grandchildren — they are quite big now”Synonyms: nigglefretMore general worryMore specific dither, scruple
  2. care for like a mother“She fusses over her husband”Synonyms: motheroverprotectMore general care, give care

Noun (4)fusses

  1. an excited state of agitation“he was in a dither”“there was a terrible flap about the theft”Synonyms: ditherpothertizzyflapType of agitation
  2. an angry disturbance“he didn't want to make a fuss”“they had labor trouble”“a spot of bother”Synonyms: troublebotherhassleType of perturbation, disturbance
  3. a quarrel about petty pointsSynonyms: bickerbickeringspattiffsquabblepettifoggeryType of quarrel, wrangle
  4. a rapid active commotionSynonyms: bustlehustleflurryadostirType of commotion, din

Related words fret noun, female parent noun, niggle verb, trouble verb, hustle verb

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Translations

Noun excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something

Spanish
jaleo
French
agitation
German
Getue
Italian
trambusto
Portuguese
rebuliço
Turkish
yaygara
Russian
суета́ sujetá
Chinese
大惊小怪 dàjīng xiǎoguài
Japanese
騒ぎ sawagi
Greek
αναμπουμπούλα anampoumpoúla
6 more languages
Hungarian
hűhó
Portuguese (PT)
rebuliço
Catalan
rebombori
Czech
povyk
Finnish
hössötys
Norwegian
kjas

Noun a complaint or noise

Italian
chiasso
Portuguese
fuzuê
Turkish
yaygara
Chinese
大惊小怪 dàjīng xiǎoguài
Japanese
騒ぎ sawagi
Dutch
heisa
Hungarian
balhé
Portuguese (PT)
fuzuê

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Fuss (fŭs), noun

Origin: Cf. Fusome.

1. A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles. George Noel Gordon, Ld. Byron

Zealously, assiduously, and with a minimum of fuss or noise— Thomas Carlyle

2. One who is unduly anxious about trifles; a fussbudget. rare

I am a fuss and I don't deny it.— W. D. Howell.
Fuss intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Fussed; present participle & verbal noun Fussing.]

To be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make a bustle or ado. Sir Walter Scott

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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