Definitions for fuss

Definitions for (noun) fuss

Main entry: stir, ado, hustle, bustle, fuss, flurry

Definition: a rapid active commotion


Main entry: bicker, bickering, fuss, spat, squabble, tiff, pettifoggery

Definition: a quarrel about petty points


Main entry: hassle, fuss, trouble, bother

Definition: an angry disturbance

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


Main entry: fuss, flap, tizzy, dither, pother

Definition: an excited state of agitation

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


Definitions for (verb) fuss

Main entry: niggle, fret, fuss

Definition: worry unnecessarily or excessively

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


Main entry: overprotect, mother, fuss

Definition: care for like a mother

Usage: She fusses over her husband


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