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1. Worry unnecessarily or excessively
   "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now";
   - niggle, fret
    
2. Care for like a mother
   "She fusses over her husband";
   - mother, overprotect

1. An excited state of agitation
   - dither, pother, tizzy, flap, tizz
    
2. An angry disturbance
   "he didn't want to make a fuss";
   - trouble, bother, hassle, stink
    
3. A quarrel about petty points
   - bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, brannigan [US]
    
4. A rapid active commotion
   - bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, stir

Derived forms: fussing, fussed, fusses

Type of: agitation, blue [Austral, NZ], care, commotion, din, disturbance, dustup, give care, perturbation, quarrel, row[2], ruckus, ruction, rumpus, run-in, sweat, tumult, words, worry, wrangle

Encyclopedia: Fuss