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. Natalia Rutkowski:

   There was a lot of fuss. I was agitated and there were a lot of people starting to stare, i did n’t understand why were treated like that. It was so ridiculous. It was like saying a dog is a cat.

2. Angela Estes:

   In my house, it was 'Fussing gets you nothing,' so if [my kids] started to fuss about something, I would say, 'What does fussing get you?' And they would say, 'Nothing,' and then they would stop because it triggered them to say, 'Oh, yeah, I'm supposed to do X.'.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Jim Duggar says he:

   They won't succeed, our show is the No. 1 show on TLC. It's a small group creating this fuss.