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fuss
[ fuhs ]
noun
- an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle:
They made a fuss over the new baby.
Synonyms: , , ,
Antonyms:
- an argument or noisy dispute:
They had a fuss about who should wash dishes.
- a complaint or protest, especially about something relatively unimportant.
verb (used without object)
- to make a fuss; make much ado about trifles:
You'll never finish the job if you fuss over details.
- to complain especially about something relatively unimportant.
verb (used with object)
- to disturb, especially with trifles; annoy; bother.
Synonyms:
fuss
/ ŽÚʲõ /
noun
- nervous activity or agitation, esp when disproportionate or unnecessary
- complaint or objection
he made a fuss over the bill
- an exhibition of affection or admiration, esp if excessive
they made a great fuss over the new baby
- a quarrel; dispute
verb
- intr to worry unnecessarily
- intr to be excessively concerned over trifles
- whenintr, usually foll by over to show great or excessive concern, affection, etc (for)
- intrfoll bywith to quarrel violently
- tr to bother (a person)
Derived Forms
- ˎڳܲõ²õ±ð°ù, noun
Other yÐÄvlog Forms
- ŽÚ³Ü²õ²õîœÄ°ù noun
- ³Ü²Ô·ŽÚ³Ü²õ²õ±ð»åî adjective
- ³Ü²Ô·ŽÚ³Ü²õ²õîi²Ô²µ adjective
yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of fuss1
yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of fuss1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with fuss , also see kick up a fuss ; make a fuss .Example Sentences
The First Amendment protects speech even if it creates a commotion, disturbance, stir, or fuss and is troublesome, offensive, or even hateful.
Lisa says part of the appeal of a supermarket cafe is that they feel accessible and a "warm and welcoming place with no fuss and no surprises".
He offs bad guys with comically little fuss, sometimes before he gets much information out of them.
"Liverpool have always managed to replace players without a lot of fuss."
All the fuss about autopens is doubly strange coming from someone who argued with a straight face that he could declassify secret documents without signing anything.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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