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verb

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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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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of fuss
Noun
That's because people with clean homes know the tricks to maintaining without too much fuss. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025 Think multi-use products, stress-soothing formulas, and polished makeup with minimal fuss. Larry Stansbury, Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
As darkness settled over a nature reserve in the United Kingdom, a baby mammal began to fuss and whine to its parent. Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 25 July 2025 But other times, windows would be rearranged seemingly at random, with unused space and weird gaps that require you to fuss around and move all your windows around again. ArsTechnica, 24 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for fuss
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fuss
Noun
  • Participants met with the Hawks’ sales leadership for two hours every Friday, with lessons covering scheduling appointments, working through objections, and using and developing sales scripts.
    Ryan Stowers, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Nearly every question and observation drew objections from prosecutors.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Kemp looked at the ceiling and blew a huff of air when Schwartz announced the sentence.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Getty Images To date, the post has amassed more than 900 comments from TikTok viewers, many of them poking fun at the golden retriever mother's annoyed expression and shallow huffs.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • The commotion has come as a surprise to Cooke, who didn’t foresee her role as such a divisive one.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The child’s father had arrived home shortly before the incident occurred and heard a commotion in the bedroom, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by KSAT.
    TJ Macias, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The unfiltered electric soundtrack of the Evija goes from a piercing whine to an ear-splitting shriek.
    Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Moscow’s escalating air war and the distinctive whine of Shaheds is now forcing Ukrainians out of their beds and into shelters and metro stations on an almost-nightly basis.
    Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
Verb
  • Gil complained that the mound was slick, and the grounds crew came out to work on it in between innings.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Although the underlings complained about my methods, the cartel leaders, like Pedro and his boss, El Viejo, a key deputy of Pablo Escobar, were on my side.
    Martin Suarez, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One Amazon shopper raved about the bag’s thoughtful design that’s large enough to fit even full-size containers.
    Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The panel raved about the ‘Gold Dust Twins,’ rookies Fred Lynn and Jim Rice, both absent from the event.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Joy Randolph and John Early, as the two Afterlife Coordinators, have a quibbling charisma, but the movie should have done more with all its possible versions of paradise, figuring out how to use them comedically instead of just as easy punchlines.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Again, our reviewers could quibble with that ranking, as no Samsung sets appear in our best TVs list.
    Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Thank you to this show for giving us so many things to drool over every season.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Symptoms may begin within minutes, which include heavy drooling—especially in cats—and redness on the skin and in or around the mouth.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025

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“Fuss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fuss. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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