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Synonyms for fuss
fʌsfuss
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
fuss
Synonyms:
stir, excitement, tumult, worry, ado, bustle, flurry, fidgetAntonyms:
quiet, peace, sedateness, tranquillity, composure, calm
Princeton's WordNet
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, bickeringfuss, 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, tusslebicker, 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, bickeringbustle, 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, botherfuss, 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, rubmother, 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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fussnoun
Synonyms:
[Colloquial.] ado, bustle, fidget, hurry, worry, flurry, stir, excitement, agitation, PUCKER, much ado about trifles, or about nothingfussverb
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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#77 | get | |
#553 | problem | |
#1430 | mother | |
#1692 | father | |
#1938 | pain | |
#2529 | con | |
#3061 | noise | |
#3124 | trouble | |
#3965 | generate | |
#5005 | worry | |
#5311 | difficulty | |
#7665 | scratch | |
#9726 | excitement | |
#9936 | bother | |
#10284 | stir | |
#11058 | scandal | |
#11503 | splash | |
#12207 | hassle | |
#12429 | gag | |
#12745 | rub | |
#13694 | tiff | |
#14457 | sting | |
#14613 | flap | |
#18963 | hustle | |
#19965 | sire | |
#20188 | ado | |
#20976 | fuss | |
#21204 | choke | |
#21252 | gall | |
#24085 | flaps | |
#26322 | racket | |
#27090 | fret | |
#27707 | fray | |
#28022 | annoyance | |
#28106 | agitation | |
#30495 | erode | |
#33184 | grate | |
#34245 | spat | |
#35039 | commotion | |
#35156 | flurry | |
#37262 | bustle | |
#37891 | flutter | |
#40428 | uproar | |
#45562 | quibble | |
#50458 | flapping | |
#52608 | bickering | |
#57151 | fluttering | |
#58050 | engender | |
#61744 | tumult | |
#71877 | infliction | |
#75259 | dither | |
#77836 | tussle | |
#83098 | scuffle | |
#85772 | dogfight | |
#88869 | squabble | |
#89838 | beget | |
#90291 | chafe | |
#90338 | bunko | |
#94228 | bicker | |
#95498 | gaiter | |
#106654 | fidget | |
#113787 | gyp | |
#121386 | tizzy | |
#138234 | bunco | |
#167642 | niggle | |
#249874 | rankle |
How to use fuss in a sentence?
But, I am announcing it here for the first time: We captured his wife and didn't make a fuss like them. Similarly, we also captured his sister and brother in law in Syria.
If everybody is looking for it, then nobody is finding it. If we were cultured, we would not be conscious of lacking culture. We would regard it as something natural and would not make so much fuss about it. And if we knew the real value of this word we would be cultured enough not to give it so much importance.
I do remember immediately while it was happening thinking, even though I'd never met Cristiano Ronaldo mom, I was thinking about Cristiano Ronaldo mom and how she would deal with the news that her son was a sexual predator. I was prioritizing everybody else in this situation except for Lily Allen, i made a decision that I didn't want to go to the police, I didn't want to make a fuss.
They made quite a fuss over me.
If people say Jeet Kune Do is different from "this" or from "that," then let the name of Jeet Kune Do be wiped out, for that is what it is, just a name. Please don't fuss over it.
Translations for fuss
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- rebombori, gatzara, cridòria, brogit, aldarullCatalan, Valencian
- ffwdanWelsh
- Lärm, Wirbel, AufstandGerman
- φασαρία, χαϊδεύω, ανησυχώ, αναμπουμπούλα, αναταραχή, σαματάς, αναστάτωση, πειράζωGreek
- fandango, escándalo, jaleoSpanish
- touhu, hössötys, touhuta, touhuaminen, meteli, hiplata, touhottaa, hellitellä, tohista, silitellä, ihastelu, metakka, vouhotus, hössöttää, helliä, hämminki, touhotus, tohinaFinnish
- tapageFrench
- trambusto, daffare, scalpore, agitarsi, rumore, scalmanarsi, entusiasmo, chiasso, scocciare, baccano, affannarsi, confusione, seccareItalian
- utiuti, amuamu, kōamuamuMāori
- rebuliço, reclamação, bagunça, confusão, fuzuê, auê, barulhoPortuguese
- foi, fâțâi, freamăt, agita, frământa, entuziasm, zgomot, frământare, agitație, gălăgie, indispozițieRomanian
- суматоха, суетиться, суетаRussian
- telaş, yaygara, velveleTurkish
- 小題大作Chinese
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