What does ado mean?
Ado means Trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion..
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/əˈduː/ · noun
Trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion..
Antonio:In sooth, I know not why I am so sad. It wearies me; you say it wearies you; But how I caught it, found it, or came by it, What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born, I am to learn; And such a wantwit sadness makes of me, That I have much ado to know myself.
Probably a crab would be filled with a sense of personal outrage if it could hear us class it without ado or apology as a crustacean, and thus dispose of it. “I am no such thing,” it would say; “I am myself, myself alone.”
Use ado when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ado means Trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion..
Common synonyms include ado, argy-bargy, bangarang, bobbery.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Antonio:In sooth, I know not why I am so sad. It wearies me; you say it wearies you; But how I caught it, found it, or came by it, What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born, I am to learn; And such a wantwit sadness makes of me, That I have much ado to know myself.
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