1. An excited state of agitation
   "All the fuss over the royal wedding seemed excessive";
   - dither, pother, tizzy [informal], flap [informal], tizz [informal]
    
2. A rapid active commotion
   "There was much fuss about the celebrity's arrival";
   - bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, stir
    
3. An annoying or troublesome situation, disturbance, or difficulty
   "he didn't want to make a fuss";
   - trouble, bother, hassle [informal], shindy [informal], stink [informal]
    
4. A quarrel about petty points
   "The siblings' constant fuss over who would sit in the front seat irritated their parents";
   - bicker, bickering, spat [informal], tiff [informal], squabble, pettifoggery, brannigan [US, informal]

1. Worry unnecessarily or excessively
   "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren — they are quite big now";
   - niggle, fret
    
2. Care for like a mother
   "She fusses over her husband";
   - mother, overprotect
    
3. Fidget or move about restlessly
   "The child fussed in his chair during the long ceremony"

Derived forms: fussed, fusses, fussing

See also: carry-on [Brit, informal], commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha [informal], hoo-hah [informal], hurly burly, kerfuffle [Brit, informal], song and dance [Brit, informal], to-do [informal]

Type of: agitation, barney [Brit, informal], blue [Austral, NZ, informal], bunfight [Brit, informal], bun-fight [Brit, informal], bust-up [informal], care, commotion, ding-dong [Brit, informal], disturbance, dustup [informal], dust-up, give care, perturbation, quarrel, row[2], ruckus [informal], ruction [informal], rumpus [informal], run-in [informal], slanging match [Brit, informal], sweat [N. Amer, informal], tumult, words, worry, wrangle

Encyclopedia: Fuss, Daniel