fuss
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(verb) worry unnecessarily of excessively |
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Synonyms: fret, niggle |
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Related Words: dither, flap, pother, scruple, worry |
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(noun) an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" |
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Synonyms: bother, hassle, trouble |
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Related Words: disturbance, perturbation |
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| 3. |
(verb) care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband" |
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Synonyms: mother, overprotect |
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Related Words: care, give care |
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(noun) an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft" |
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Synonyms: dither, flap, pother, tizzy |
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Related Words: agitation |
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(noun) a rapid bustling commotion |
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Synonyms: ado, bustle, flurry, hustle, stir |
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Related Words: commotion, din, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, tumult |
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(noun) petty quarrel |
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Synonyms: bicker, bickering, spat, squabble, tiff |
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Related Words: dustup, quarrel, row, run-in, words, wrangle |
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