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noun
1.
an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
2.
an argument or noisy dispute: They had a fuss about who should wash dishes.
3.
a complaint or protest, especially about something relatively unimportant.
verb (used without object)
4.
to make a fuss; make much ado about trifles: You'll never finish the job if you fuss over details.
5.
to complain especially about something relatively unimportant.
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Fussing
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verb (used with object)
6.
to disturb, especially with trifles; annoy; bother.
Origin:
1695–1705; origin uncertain
1695–1705; origin uncertain
Related forms
fuss·er, noun
un·fussed, adjective
un·fuss·ing, adjective
Synonyms
1. pother, to-do, stir, commotion. 6. pester.
1. pother, to-do, stir, commotion. 6. pester.
Antonyms
1. inactivity.
1. inactivity.
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Word Origin & History
fuss
1701, perhaps an alteration of force, or imitative of bubbling or sputtering sounds, or from Dan. fjas "foolery, nonsense." First attested in Anglo-Irish writers, but no obvious connections to Irish. The verb is first attested 1792, from the noun. Related: Fussed; fussing. To make a fuss was earlier
EXPAND to keep a fuss (1726).
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