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Textual thesaurus for "fuss"

(noun) stir, ado, hustle, bustle, flurry

a rapid active commotion


(noun) bicker, bickering, spat, squabble, tiff, pettifoggery

a quarrel about petty points


(noun) hassle, trouble, bother

an angry disturbance

he didn't want to make a fuss; they had labor trouble; a spot of bother


(noun) flap, tizzy, dither, pother

an excited state of agitation

he was in a dither; there was a terrible flap about the theft


(verb) niggle, fret

worry unnecessarily or excessively

don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now


(verb) overprotect, mother

care for like a mother

She fusses over her husband