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fuss English

Meaning fuss meaning

What does fuss mean?
Definitions in simple English

fuss Noun

— Too much activity, worry, bother, or talk about something. They made a big fuss about the wedding plans. What's all the fuss about? — A complaint or noise. If you make enough of a fuss about the problem, maybe they'll fix it for you.

fuss Verb

— To be very worried or excited about something, often too much. — To fiddle; to move about, or adjust; to worry something Quit fussing with your hair. It looks fine.

fuss

— verb worry unnecessarily or excessively don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now — verb (= mother) care for like a mother She fusses over her husband — noun (= dither, flap) an excited state of agitation he was in a dither there was a terrible flap about the theft — noun (= trouble, bother) an angry disturbance he didn't want to make a fuss they had labor trouble a spot of bother — noun (= bustle) a rapid active commotion — noun (= bicker) a quarrel about petty points

Synonyms fuss synonyms

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fuss English » English

bustle commotion trouble noise worry confusion stir pother ado uproar tumult to-do row fret worry about turmoil inconvenience hassle flurry flap disturbance complain clamour bustle about brawl bother troublesome squabble riot racket quarrel make noise hubbub fracas excitement disagreement disadvantage argument whine vanity troublesomeness tizzy tiff stink sputter spat scuffle rumpus razzle-dazzle pettifoggery

Topics fuss topics

What do people use fuss to talk about?
Language and thought Communication Say Criticize

Complain
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Discontent
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Angry

Conjugation fuss conjugation

How do you conjugate fuss?

fuss · verb

Examples fuss examples

How do I use fuss in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Stop making a fuss over nothing.
What a fuss about nothing!
What is all the fuss about?
They would never fuss about me if I were Fred Smith.
Stop making such a fuss!
You're making a big fuss about nothing.
I'm sick of all this fuss.
Tom created a terrible fuss.
What's all this fuss about?
She made a fuss for no good reason.
What's all the fuss about?

Movie subtitles

Guilts, worries, whatever trouble, little brother.no man need make a fuss about such garbage.
Portsmouth deafened a person by the fuss on streets, roar of chains and cars, noise of cranes and engines.
I don't know why you're making all this fuss.
What's all the fuss about?
I hate all that fuss. But I'll do it on one condition. that you're there to give me away, darling.
Say, what's the fuss about? Is he in hiding?
About my playing the tuba. lt seems like a lot of fuss has been made about that.
What's all this fuss about in the papers tonight, Mr. Cabal?
Not so much fuss.
What a fuss.
What's the matter, you going to be a fuss-budget all your life?
Quit making a fuss.
Don't make such a fuss.
I'm so ashamed of the fuss I've made.
A lot of fuss for one man.
Evidently you Spaniards make too much fuss about. a simple, elemental thing like love.
That's enough, let's not make a fuss.
Put it down and don't make so much fuss about it.
I hate all that fuss.
Say, what's the fuss about?
We're in for a bit of a fuss.
Then I suppose I knock him off and stir up all this fuss before I get the dough.
Don't make such a fuss. Come, stay here!
It seems like a lot of fuss has been made about that.
I'm so sorry. Don't make such a fuss, Henry.
All this fuss and excitement over Mr. Trenholm.
You never make a fuss.
Such a fuss over a stomachache!
All that fuss over a mere trifle.
Is that fuss during the day still bothering you?
Do not make a fuss.
But I bet she don't smother the covers up around your neck, or fuss around with your pillow every night.
No trouble, no fuss.
Why the fuss? Why are you all upset about?

News and current affairs

In order to accomplish this with a minimum of fuss he muzzled the press and electronic media.
As these cases suggest, cleaning one's own porch could have been done without much of a fuss, or at least without stoking international tension.
For example: Latvia and Lithuania saw their visas vanish without a fuss because their neighbors lobby hard for them.
Imagine doctors at a perpetually overrun hospital refusing to perform triage on casualties, merely attending patients as they arrived and fast-tracking those whose families made the most fuss.
Instead of a show of lofty disdain, or official silence, it made a colossal fuss, protesting fiercely about plots to undermine China, and putting dozens of prominent Chinese intellectuals, including Liu's wife, Liu Xia, under house arrest.
Today, geography still plays a role, though it is Turkey's contiguity with Syria, Iraq, and Iran that has left the US reluctant to make a fuss about press freedom.
When China built the Three Gorges dam, it created a 660-kilometer long reservoir that necessitated displacing two million people - all accomplished in 15 years without a fuss in the interest of generating electricity.
Meanwhile, the Bank's extreme risk-averse culture reflects a rational response to critics who make a huge fuss about every project or program failure.
But look at the Doha agenda with a more detached set of eyes, and you wonder what all the fuss is about.
And yet confidence in the recent decisions taken in Brussels remains low, owing not only to dissipated trust and the fuss about the British veto, but also to the apparent absence of measures to intervene in the current crisis.

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