Thesaurus: fuss

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1. n. A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles.
2. n. One who is unduly anxious about trifles.
3. v. i. To be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make a bustle or ado.
4. n. an excited state of agitation
5. n. an angry disturbance
6. n. a quarrel about petty points
7. n. a rapid active commotion
8. v. worry unnecessarily or excessively
9. v. care for like a mother
10. 1. A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles. Byron. Zealously, assiduously, and with a minimum of fuss or noise Carlyle. 2. One who is unduly anxious about trifles. [R.] I am a fuss and I don't deny it. W. D. Howell. To be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make a bustle or ado. Sir W. Scott.
11. To be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make abustle or ado. Sir W. Scott.
12. v:39/n:61 n. an angry disturbance v. worry unnecessarily or excessively