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fuss
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of FUSS
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to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely <the eldest daughter is always fussing that she gets stuck with all the chores around the house>
Synonyms beef, bellyache, bitch, bleat, carp, caterwaul, crab, croak, fuss, gripe, grizzle, grouch, grouse, growl, grumble, grump, holler, inveigh, keen, kick, kvetch, maunder [chiefly British], moan, murmur, mutter, nag, repine, scream, squawk, squeal, wail, whimper, whine, whinge [British], yammer, yawp (or yaup), yowl
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to make often peevish criticisms or objections about matters that are minor, unimportant, or irrelevant <the picky eater who fusses over the arrangement of food on his plate or who won't eat the rice if it touches the salad>
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to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior <given to fussing over her father whenever she wants a favor or some ready cash>
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to experience concern or anxiety <there is no use in fussing over things that you can't control>
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to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy <you shouldn't let a little thing like that fuss you>
Synonyms agitate, ail, alarm (also alarum), bother, concern, derail, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distemper, distract, distress, exercise, flurry, frazzle, freak (out), fuss, hagride, perturb, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset, weird out, worry
Related Words aggravate, anger, annoy, bug, chafe, chivy (or chivvy), exasperate, fret, gall, get, grate, harass, harry, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, pester, pique, put off, put out, rile, vex; bedevil, haunt, plague; abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, jar, mortify, nonplus, rattle, shake up; daunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, unnerve
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