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The synonyms of “Fuss” are: bicker, bickering, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiff, ado, bustle, flurry, hustle, stir, dither, flap, pother, tizzy, bother, hassle, trouble, excitement, agitation, uproar, to-do, commotion, confusion, disturbance, tumult, hubbub, rigmarole, folderol, brouhaha, furore, much ado about nothing, protest, complaint, objection, inconvenience, effort, exertion, labour, mother, overprotect, fret, niggle, worry, be agitated, be worried, take pains, make a big thing out of, dash, rush, scurry, charge, fly, pester, disturb, harass
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “fuss” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| ado | A rapid active commotion. I hastened there without delay or ado. |
| agitation | A state of agitation or turbulent change or development. The techniques mostly involve agitation by stirring. |
| bicker | A quarrel about petty points. |
| bickering | A quarrel about petty points. |
| bother | A person or thing that causes annoyance or difficulty. I hope she hasn t been a bother. |
| brouhaha | A noisy and overexcited reaction or response to something. All that election brouhaha. |
| bustle | A framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman’s skirt. All the noise and the traffic and the bustle. |
| commotion | The act of making a noisy disturbance. Damage caused by civil commotion. |
| complaint | (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based. There were complaints that the building was an eyesore. |
| confusion | Uncertainty about what is happening, intended, or required. There seems to be some confusion about which system does what. |
| disturbance | An unhappy and worried mental state. Children with learning difficulty and personality disturbance. |
| dither | Indecisive behaviour. All of a dither he prophesied instant chaos. |
| effort | A force exerted by a machine or in a process. Contributed to the war effort. |
| excitement | Something that arouses a feeling of excitement. His face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled. |
| exertion | Physical or mental effort. The exertion of authority. |
| flap | An act of flapping something typically a wing or arm up and down or from side to side. He pushed through the tent flap. |
| flurry | A number of things arriving or happening suddenly and during the same period. A flurry of snow. |
| folderol | Trivial or nonsensical fuss. All the folderol of the athletic contests and the cheerleaders. |
| furore | A sudden outburst (as of protest. The verdict raised a furore over the role of courtroom psychiatry. |
| hassle | An angry disturbance. When I told them I would not work on Sundays I got hassle. |
| hubbub | A chaotic din caused by a crowd of people. She fought through the hubbub. |
| hustle | A state of great activity. The hustles being used to avoid the draft. |
| inconvenience | A difficulty that causes anxiety. The inconveniences of life in a remote city. |
| labour | Productive work (especially physical work done for wages. Manual labour. |
| much ado about nothing | A great amount or extent. |
| objection | An expression or feeling of disapproval or opposition; a reason for disagreeing. They have raised no objections to the latest plans. |
| pettifoggery | A quarrel about petty points. |
| pother | An excited state of agitation. What a pother you make. |
| protest | The act of protesting a public often organized manifestation of dissent. They finished the game under protest to the league president. |
| rigmarole | A long, rambling story or statement. She went into a long rigmarole about the different jobs she d had. |
| spat | A cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles. |
| squabble | A quarrel about petty points. Family squabbles. |
| stir | An act of stirring food or drink. Caroline felt a stir of anger deep within her breast. |
| tiff | A quarrel about petty points. Joanna had a tiff with her boyfriend. |
| tizzy | A state of nervous excitement or agitation. He got into a tizzy and was talking absolute tosh. |
| to-do | A disorderly outburst or tumult. |
| trouble | Used to refer to the condition of a pregnant unmarried woman. He s been in trouble with the police. |
| tumult | Violent agitation. The whole neighbourhood was in a state of fear and tumult. |
| uproar | Loud confused noise from many sources. The room was in an uproar. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “fuss” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| be agitated | Have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun. |
| be worried | Spend or use time. |
| bustle | (of a place) be full of activity. The streets bustled with people. |
| charge | Energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge. I need to charge my car battery. |
| dash | Run or move very quickly or hastily. A gust of rain dashed against the bricks. |
| disturb | Change the arrangement or position of. Don t disturb the patient s wounds by moving him too rapidly. |
| fly | Release a bird to fly especially a hawk for hunting or a pigeon for racing. I must fly. |
| fret | Provide a musical instrument with frets. What shape the sea has fretted into the land. |
| harass | Subject to aggressive pressure or intimidation. Being harassed at work can leave you feeling confused and helpless. |
| make a big thing out of | Head into a specified direction. |
| mother | Care for like a mother. He found a beautiful wife that mothered his children. |
| overprotect | Care for like a mother. The experience led his parents to overprotect his sisters. |
| pester | Annoy persistently. She constantly pestered him with telephone calls. |
| rush | Cause to move fast or to rush or race. To rush the bank and fire willy nilly could be disastrous for everyone. |
| scurry | To move about or proceed hurriedly. Pedestrians scurried for cover. |
| take pains | Take by force. |
| worry | Be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy. I began to worry whether I had done the right thing. |
| altercation | Noisy quarrel. I had an altercation with the ticket collector. |
| argue | Exchange or express diverging or opposite views, typically in a heated or angry way. I tried to argue him out of it. |
| bicker | (of a flame or light) flash, gleam, or flicker. Couples who bicker over who gets what from the divorce. |
| brawl | To quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively. He d got into a drunken brawl in a bar. |
| bustle | A framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman’s skirt. People clutching clipboards bustled about. |
| busy | Keep busy with. Busy with her work. |
| cavil | A petty or unnecessary objection. They cavilled at the cost. |
| commotion | A state of confused and noisy disturbance. They set off firecrackers to make a lot of commotion. |
| confuse | Mistake one thing for another. Her remarks confused the debate. |
| dither | Display or print (a colour image) in such a way that it appears to contain more colours than are really available. He was in a dither. |
| dogfight | Arrange for an illegal dogfight. Sergeant Smith and a colleague were in a dogfight with an enemy aircraft. |
| fight | Be engaged in a fight carry on a fight. She watched him fight his way across the room. |
| flap | Pronounce with a flap of alveolar sounds. He flapped the envelope in front of my face. |
| flurry | Move in an agitated or confused manner. A flurry of snow. |
| fluster | Be flustered behave in a confused manner. There s nothing you can do or say to fluster Bernie. |
| flutter | An act of fluttering. A flutter on the horses. |
| hassle | Annoy continually or chronically. An election year hassle with farmers. |
| nitpick | Be overly critical; criticize minor details. The state is nitpicking about minor administrative matters. |
| picky | Exacting especially about details. They are becoming increasingly picky about where they stay. |
| priggish | Exaggeratedly proper. She was priggish about sex. |
| quarrel | An angry dispute. We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America. |
| quibble | Argue over petty things. Let s not quibble over pennies. |
| scuffle | Fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters. The drunken men started to scuffle. |
| sophism | A deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone. |
| sophistry | A deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone. Trying to argue that I had benefited in any way from the disaster was pure sophistry. |
| spat | Clap one’s hands together. Mollusks or oysters spat. |
| squabble | Argue over petty things. Family squabbles. |
| tussle | Fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters. There was a tussle for the ball. |
| wrangle | An instance of intense argument (as in bargaining. The bar keeper threw them out but they continued to wrangle on down the street. |
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