Antonyms for fusses
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : fuhs |
Phonetic Transcription : fÊŒs |
Definition of fusses
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
- All that fusses me is whether the carriage will stand the strain.
- Extract from : « Carl and the Cotton Gin » by Sara Ware Bassett
- "That's just the point about lots of fusses," Morten replied.
- Extract from : « Pelle the Conqueror, Complete » by Martin Anderson Nexo
- She fusses over that old Miss Pepperpot as though she were one of the family.
- Extract from : « The Corner House Girls in a Play » by Grace Brooks Hill
- He fusses over them as if they were the only children in the world.
- Extract from : « The Burgess Bird Book for Children » by Thornton W. Burgess
- I'm always having colds and headaches, and fusses of some kind.
- Extract from : « Mountain-Laurel and Maidenhair » by Louisa May Alcott
- Even in this volume he fusses too much about the De Guérins.
- Extract from : « Res Judicat » by Augustine Birrell
- Burpee strides over to the piano and fusses around among the music.
- Extract from : « Zoe; Or, Some Day » by May Leonard
- How he fusses like just now don't make no difference; you know how your papa is.
- Extract from : « Just Around the Corner » by Fannie Hurst
- So he puffs and fusses and sighs his way through his morning's work.
- Extract from : « A Certain Rich Man » by William Allen White
- He fusses about things with which he has no concern, and he neglects every obvious duty.
- Extract from : « Rodney Stone » by Arthur Conan Doyle
Synonyms for fusses
- 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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