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Definition of 'fuss' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) fuss
an excessive display of attention or activity; needless or useless bustle.

2.  fuss
an argument or noisy dispute.

3.  fuss
a complaint or protest, esp. about something relatively unimportant:
to make a fuss.

4. (v.i.) fuss
to make much about trifles.

5.  fuss
to complain esp. about something relatively unimportant.

6. (v.t.) fuss
to disturb.

Etymology:  (1695–1705; orig. uncert.)

Definition of 'fuss' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) dither, pother, fuss, tizzy, flap
an excited state of agitation
"he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"

2. (noun) fuss, trouble, bother, hassle
an angry disturbance
"he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"

3. (noun) bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss
a quarrel about petty points

4. (verb) bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir
a rapid active commotion

5. (verb) fuss, niggle, fret
worry unnecessarily or excessively
"don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"

6. (verb) mother, fuss, overprotect
care for like a mother
"She fusses over her husband"


Definition of 'fuss' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) fuss
too much attention, worry, or excitement about sth
What's all the fuss about?; Please don't make a fuss.

2. (verb) fuss
to pay too much attention to sth or worry too much
Her mother was fussing over the wedding plans.


Definition of 'fuss' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) fuss
a tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles

2. (noun) fuss
one who is unduly anxious about trifles

3. (verb) fuss
to be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make a bustle or ado


Translation of 'fuss' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: unnecessary excitement, worry or activity, often about something unimportant
Don't make such a fuss.

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Brazilian flag Brazilian: espalhafato Czech flag Czech: povyk German flag German: das Getue
Danish flag Danish: postyr; ballade Greek flag Greek: φασαρία Spanish flag Spanish: jaleo, alboroto, ruido, a
Estonian flag Estonian: sekeldus Farsi flag Farsi: غوغا؛ الم شنگه Finnish flag Finnish: hössötys
French flag French: histoires Hebrew flag Hebrew: “רַעַש” Hindi flag Hindi: बतंगड
Croatian flag Croatian: uzrujavanje oko sitnica, Hungarian flag Hungarian: hűhó Indonesian flag Indonesian: keributan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: gera veður (út af e-u) Italian flag Italian: chiasso Japanese flag Japanese: 大騒ぎ
Korean flag Korean: 흥분, 야단법석 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: karščiavimasis, maišatis, Latvian flag Latvian: satraukums; kņada; jezga
Malay flag Malay: kecoh Dutch flag Dutch: drukte Norwegian flag Norwegian: oppstyr, ståhei, blest
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