Synonyms for fuss
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1. fuss

   Synonyms:
   stir, excitement, tumult, worry, ado, bustle, flurry, fidget

   Antonyms:
   quiet, peace, sedateness, tranquillity, composure, calm

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1. dither, pother, fuss, tizzy, flapnoun

   an excited state of agitation

   "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"

   Synonyms:
   fluttering, flapping, squabble, dither, pettifoggery, hustle, flap, bicker, flutter, tiff, hassle, stir, flurry, bother, ado, tizzy, bustle, pother, trouble, spat, flaps, bickering

2. fuss, trouble, bother, hasslenoun

   an angry disturbance

   "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"

   Synonyms:
   pain in the ass, problem, squabble, dither, pettifoggery, hustle, botheration, flap, bicker, tiff, difficulty, hassle, stir, flurry, dogfight, rough-and-tumble, bother, ado, infliction, tizzy, pain, bustle, pother, trouble, spat, annoyance, worry, scuffle, bickering, pain in the neck, tussle

3. bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fussnoun

   a quarrel about petty points

   Synonyms:
   squabble, dither, pettifoggery, hustle, flap, bicker, tiff, hassle, stir, flurry, bother, ado, tizzy, bustle, pother, gaiter, trouble, spat, bickering

4. bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stirverb

   a rapid active commotion

   Synonyms:
   confidence game, bunco, snow flurry, tizzy, dither, bickering, hustle, squabble, flap, bicker, bunko, confidence trick, spat, tiff, hassle, stir, flurry, bunko game, con game, gyp, ado, pettifoggery, pother, bustle, bunco game, trouble, con, sting, splash, flimflam, bother

5. fuss, niggle, fretverb

   worry unnecessarily or excessively

   "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"

   Synonyms:
   squabble, fret, rankle, pettifog, gag, quibble, mother, chafe, erode, eat into, brabble, eat away, scratch, bicker, grate, gall, choke, niggle, overprotect, fray, rub

6. mother, fuss, overprotectverb

   care for like a mother

   "She fusses over her husband"

   Synonyms:
   get, overprotect, father, niggle, fret, mother, sire, bring forth, beget, engender, generate

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1. fussnoun

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] ado, bustle, fidget, hurry, worry, flurry, stir, excitement, agitation, PUCKER, much ado about trifles, or about nothing

2. fussverb

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] bustle, be in a fidget, be in a stew, be in a pucker, make much ado about trifles or about nothing

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1. fussnoun

   Synonyms:
   ado, bustle, to-do, pother, agitation, excitement

2. fussverb

   Synonyms:
   pother, fume, fret, disturb, annoy, bother

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1. List of paraphrases for "fuss":

   uproar, noise, racket, scandal, commotion, agitation, ado

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1. Benjamin Mee:

   People are making a fuss about nothing.

2. Emily Eggers:

   For a romantic Valentine's meal without all the fuss and clean up, use your Instant Pot to make this Creamy Tuscan-inspired pasta. It is rich and flavorful and so easy. The ease of this recipe gives more time to spend with your special person.

3. Ian McKellen:

   For people to complain about it and say they don't want children to see it is absolute rubbish, i know people who don't like gay people and make a fuss. It's a very small moment in the movie, no one should get too excited.

4. Wenzel Michalski:

   If you ask somebody's who's not Jewish if there are problems with anti-Semitism in Germany, they would say no way, they think it's a Jew making a fuss.

5. Diego Posada:

   MORENA has been very quiet, and actually I'm going to vote for AMLO, but I don't like that he's been quiet and wants to put our rights to a plebiscite, like what's the big fuss?.