fuss

fuss is a 4-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles.
2. noun. One who is unduly anxious about trifles.
3. intransitive verb. To be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make a bustle or ado.
4. noun. a rapid active commotion

   Synonyms: ado, bustle, flurry, hustle, stir

5. noun. a quarrel about petty points

   Synonyms: bicker, bickering, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiff

6. noun. an angry disturbance

   "he didn't want to make a fuss"

   "they had labor trouble"

   Synonyms: bother, hassle, trouble

7. noun. an excited state of agitation

   "he was in a dither"

   "there was a terrible flap about the theft"

   Synonyms: dither, flap, pother, tizzy

8. verb. worry unnecessarily or excessively

   "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"

   Synonyms: fret, niggle

9. verb. care for like a mother

   "She fusses over her husband"

   Synonyms: mother, overprotect

Synonyms

ado, bustle, flurry, hustle, stir, bicker, bickering, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiff, bother, hassle, trouble, dither, flap, pother, tizzy, fret, niggle, mother, overprotect

Common word forms

fussed, fusser, fusses, fussing

Words from these letters

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