Dictionary Definition
fuss
Noun
1 an excited state of agitation; "he was in a
dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft" [syn: dither, pother, tizzy, flap]
2 an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a
fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" [syn: trouble, bother, hassle]
Verb
1 worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss
too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now" [syn:
niggle, fret]
2 care for like a mother; "She fusses over her
husband" [syn: mother,
overprotect]
User Contributed Dictionary
see Fuss
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʌs
Noun
- (countable or uncountable) excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
- They made a big fuss about the wedding plans.
- What's all the fuss about?
- They made a big fuss about the wedding plans.
- a complaint or
noise
- If you make enough of a fuss about the problem, maybe they'll fix it for you.
- an exhibition of affection or admiration
- They made a great fuss over the new baby.
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Translations
excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about
something
- Finnish: hössötys, hämminki
- Portuguese: estardalhaço
- Welsh: ffwdan
a complaint or noise
- Portuguese: reclamação, bagunça, barulho
an exhibition of affection or admiration
- Finnish: hämminki
Verb
Translations
to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry
something
- Finnish: hyysätä
Verb
fuss- to show affection for, esp. animals.
- to pet.
- He fussed the cat.
Derived terms
Extensive Definition
Fuss may refer to:
- Fuss Peak, a volcano in Russia
- Fuss (punk group)
- Fuss animal
fuss in French: Fuss
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
addle,
addle the wits, ado,
agitate, agitation, air a grievance,
altercation,
argument, ball up,
becloud, bedazzle, beef, befuddle, bellyache, bewilder, bicker, bickering, bitch, bleat, blood feud, blow off,
bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff,
blustering, boastfulness, bobbery, boil, boiling, bother, botheration, bravado, bravery, brawl, broil, brouhaha, bug, bullying, burn to, burst, bustle, buzz about, cacophony, carp at, chafe, chaos, chiffon, churn, clamor, clinquant, cloud, coil, commotion, complain, confuse, contention, controversy, conturbation, crab, croak, daze, dazzle, discombobulate, discomfit, discompose, discomposure, disconcert, disdain, disorder, disorganize, disorient, dispute, disquiet, disquietude, disturb, disturbance, dither, donnybrook, donnybrook fair,
dustup, ebullition, electrify, embarrass, embroilment, entangle, excitement, falling-out,
fanaticism, fanfaronade, feery-fary,
ferment, fermentation, festoons, feud, fever, feverishness, fidgetiness, fidgets, fight, finery, fit, flap, fliting, flummox, flurry, fluster, flusteration, flustration, flutter, flutteration, flutteriness, fog, folderol, foment, fomentation, foofaraw, fracas, free-for-all, frenzy, fret, fret and fume, fret at,
frilliness, frilling, frills, frills and furbelows,
frippery, froufrou, fuddle, fuddy-duddy, fume, furor, furore, fury, fuss at, fuss-budget,
fusser, fussiness, fusspot, gaiety, gaudery, get excited, gilding, gilt, gingerbread, granny, gripe, groan, grouch, grouse, growl, grumble, grunt, hardly wait, hassle, haste, hasten, hectoring, helter-skelter,
henpeck, holler, howl, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly,
hurrah, hurry, hurry about, imbroglio, inquietude, intimidation, itch to,
jar, jitters, jolt, jump the gun, jumpiness, kick, lather, lodge a complaint,
logomachy, maelstrom, make a fuss,
malaise, maze, melee, miff, mist, mix up, moider, moil, muddle, murmur, mutter, nag, nerviness, nervosity, nervousness, nibble at, old
maid, old woman, open quarrel, pandemonium, passion, paste, peck at, pell-mell,
perplex, perturb, perturbation, pester, pick and choose, pick at,
pick on, pinchbeck,
polemic, pother, pucker, put out, quarrel, racket, rage, raise a howl, raise hell,
rampage, rant, rattle, register a complaint,
repine, restlessness, riot, rock, rodomontade, roil, rough-and-tumble, roughhouse, rout, row, ruckus, ruction, ruffle, rumpus, rush about, rush around,
scorn, scramble, seethe, seething, shake, shake up, sharp words,
shindig, shindy, shock, side, slanging match, snarl, spasm, spat, speed, splutter, spurn, spurt, sputter, squabble, squawk, squirm, stagger, stew, stink, stir, storminess, strife, superfluity, swagger, swashbucklery, sweat, sweat and stew, sweat it
out, swirl, swivet, take on, tear around,
tempestuousness,
throw into confusion, tiff,
tinsel, tizzy, to-do, trappings, trepidation, trepidity, trickery, trouble, trumpery, tumult, tumultuation, tumultuousness, turbidity, turbulence, turmoil, tussle, twitter, twitteration, unease, unquiet, unrest, unsettle, uproar, upset, vendetta, vortex, wail, wait impatiently, whine, whirl, whirlpool, whirlwind, whiz about,
wildness, words, worry, wrangle, yammer, yap, yap at, yawp, yelp, zeal, zealousness