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as in to rave
to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm fans fussing over their favorite rock guitarist

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as in to quibble
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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Examples of fuss in a Sentence

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Noun
This is a welcome extra, enabling you to easily plug-and-play your turntable without fuss. Chris Haslam, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2024 The other necessity was minimal fuss—another complicated thing to achieve in such a high-traffic home. Laura May Todd, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2024
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But where the standard Meyers heroine would fuss herself into a fugue state of approbation, Anne remains oddly unruffled. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 29 June 2024 The little Princesses, now five, fussed as Mendola stroked them and tried to hold them in place. Alexandra Horowitz, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for fuss 

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“Fuss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fuss. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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