Antonyms for fuss
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : fuhs |
Phonetic Transcription : fÊŒs |
Definition of fuss
Origin :- 1701, perhaps an alteration of force, or imitative of bubbling or sputtering sounds, or from Danish fjas "foolery, nonsense." First attested in Anglo-Irish writers, but no obvious connections to Irish. To make a fuss was earlier to keep a fuss (1726).
- noun disturbance, trouble
- I told Coplen to offer her a million cash for everything rather'n have any fuss.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Did he remember the fuss his dear father used to make about it?
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- That it was only a Yankee ship, any how, and that it is all "blarsted" nonsense to make a fuss about it.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 » by Various
- If she insisted that she was ill and unable to go back, there would be a fuss.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Let 'em do just as they're a moind to, and not raise a fuss about it?
- Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger
- To make such a fuss, also, about your religion seemed to her indecorous and absurd.
- Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- And so if either gets sick of the other he just leaves without any fuss.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- And to do the poor soul justice, I believe he did not at all know what the "fuss" had been about.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- They'll get there all right, and at least we shall get to bed in good time and without any fuss,' he thought.
- Extract from : « Master and Man » by Leo Tolstoy
- Just think of it—all that fuss and all that turmoil over something so obvious.
- Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
Synonyms for fuss
- ado
- agitation
- altercation
- argument
- bickering
- bother
- broil
- bustle
- commotion
- complaint
- confusion
- controversy
- difficulty
- display
- dispute
- excitement
- falling-out
- fight
- flap
- flurry
- flutter
- fret
- furor
- hassle
- kick-up
- objection
- palaver
- perturbation
- quarrel
- row
- ruckus
- scene
- squabble
- stew
- stink
- stir
- storm
- to-do
- turmoil
- unrest
- upset
- wingding
- worry
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