Synonyms for fuss
fʌsfuss

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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. • Perturbation

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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. Helen Kromer:

   One mind awake can awaken another, The second awake can awaken their next door brother. Three awake can awaken the town By turning the whole place upside down. Many awake can make such a fuss That they finally awaken the rest of us.

2. Pablo Picasso:

   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.

3. 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.

4. Jeremy Podeswa:

   I’m a bit surprised that people have made that much fuss about it, to me, he does seem quite organic, in his own way, to the show.

5. H. M. Tomlinson:

   It is better to obey the mysterious direction, without any fuss, when it points to a new road, however strange that road may be. There is probably as much reason for it, if the truth were known, as for anything else.