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/fʌs/ · noun
(countable or uncountable) Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something..
They made a big fuss about the wedding plans.
What's all the fuss about?
Sickness did not last above a ten days; my poor wife zealously assiduous, and with a minimum of fuss or noise.
“Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis bloke[…]whom the papers are making such a fuss about.”
But in the reader comments section beneath the FT piece, many couldn’t understand what all the fuss was about. “I’m surprised to see the FT reporting this sort of thing,” one person wrote.
If you make enough of a fuss about the problem, maybe they'll fix it for you.
They made a great fuss over the new baby.
His grandmother will never quit fussing over his vegetarianism.
Use fuss when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fuss means (countable or uncountable) Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something..
Common synonyms include hubbub, to-do, ado, argy-bargy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
They made a big fuss about the wedding plans.
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