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

Matched Categories

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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How to use fuss in a sentence?

1. French Open:

   During quarantine, I could practice and I could go out for five hours a day. I was one of the lucky ones, it was okay. I mean, after all the fuss that was in Poland, it was nice to be in another place, rest, focus on working.

2. 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.

3. Erica Marcus:

   I've never seen what all the fuss is about, it's about as challenging a taste as tuna fish salad.

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. Scotsman Reid:

   It’s a minority of the players that are kicking up a fuss but the majority of the time that minority are the loudest, i’ve seen a lot of people complaining about the food but I think it has been OK ... I think some people are maybe a little bit spoiled normally.