Meaning of "fuss" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FUSS

Of uncertain origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF FUSS

fuss  [fʌs]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FUSS

Fuss is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb fuss in English.

WHAT DOES FUSS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fuss

Fuss may refer to: ▪ 4778 Fuss, a main-belt asteroid ▪ Fuss, a surname ▪ Fuss Pot, a fictional character...

Definition of fuss in the English dictionary

The first definition of fuss in the dictionary is nervous activity or agitation, esp when disproportionate or unnecessary. Other definition of fuss is complaint or objection. Fuss is also an exhibition of affection or admiration, esp if excessive.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FUSS

PRESENT

Present

I fuss

you fuss

he/she/it fusses

we fuss

you fuss

they fuss

Present continuous

I am fussing

you are fussing

he/she/it is fussing

we are fussing

you are fussing

they are fussing

Present perfect

I have fussed

you have fussed

he/she/it has fussed

we have fussed

you have fussed

they have fussed

Present perfect continuous

I have been fussing

you have been fussing

he/she/it has been fussing

we have been fussing

you have been fussing

they have been fussing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I fussed

you fussed

he/she/it fussed

we fussed

you fussed

they fussed

Past continuous

I was fussing

you were fussing

he/she/it was fussing

we were fussing

you were fussing

they were fussing

Past perfect

I had fussed

you had fussed

he/she/it had fussed

we had fussed

you had fussed

they had fussed

Past perfect continuous

I had been fussing

you had been fussing

he/she/it had been fussing

we had been fussing

you had been fussing

they had been fussing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will fuss

you will fuss

he/she/it will fuss

we will fuss

you will fuss

they will fuss

Future continuous

I will be fussing

you will be fussing

he/she/it will be fussing

we will be fussing

you will be fussing

they will be fussing

Future perfect

I will have fussed

you will have fussed

he/she/it will have fussed

we will have fussed

you will have fussed

they will have fussed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been fussing

you will have been fussing

he/she/it will have been fussing

we will have been fussing

you will have been fussing

they will have been fussing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would fuss

you would fuss

he/she/it would fuss

we would fuss

you would fuss

they would fuss

Conditional continuous

I would be fussing

you would be fussing

he/she/it would be fussing

we would be fussing

you would be fussing

they would be fussing

Conditional perfect

I would have fuss

you would have fuss

he/she/it would have fuss

we would have fuss

you would have fuss

they would have fuss

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been fussing

you would have been fussing

he/she/it would have been fussing

we would have been fussing

you would have been fussing

they would have been fussing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you fuss
we let´s fuss
you fuss

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to fuss

Past participle

fussed

Present Participle

fussing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «FUSS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fuss» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of fuss

ado · agitation · altercation · argument · bother · bustle · chafe · commotion · complaint · confusion · difficulty · display · excitement · fidget · flap · flurry · fluster · flutter · fret · furore · hassle · hindrance · hue and cry · hurry · inconvenience · make a meal of · make a thing of · niggle · nuisance · objection · palaver · pother · protest · row · squabble · stir · storm in a teacup · struggle · to-do · trouble · unrest · upset · worry

TRANSLATION OF FUSS

Find out the translation of fuss to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of fuss from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fuss» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 忙乱
• Translator English - Spanish: alboroto
• English: fuss
• Translator English - Hindi: उपद्रव
• Translator English - Arabic: ضَجَّة
• Translator English - Russian: суета
• Translator English - Portuguese: escândalo
• Translator English - Bengali: হইচই
• Translator English - French: chichis
• Translator English - Malay: Kekecohan
• Translator English - German: Getue
• Translator English - Japanese: 大騒ぎ
• Translator English - Korean: 안달하기
• Translator English - Javanese: Keprungu
• Translator English - Vietnamese: sự om sòm
• Translator English - Tamil: வம்பு
• Translator English - Marathi: गडबड
• Translator English - Turkish: yaygara
• Translator English - Italian: trambusto
• Translator English - Polish: zamieszanie
• Translator English - Ukrainian: метушня
• Translator English - Romanian: agitație
• Translator English - Greek: αναταραχή
• Translator English - Afrikaans: ophef
• Translator English - Swedish: tjafs
• Translator English - Norwegian: oppstuss

10 QUOTES WITH «FUSS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fuss.

1

Samantha Bee

I believe in breakfast. It's the one meal that my kids usually eat without a fuss, so that's huge. As for myself, I can't function without it, and I see it as a great way to get some healthy greens in, some coffee, and on a good day, maybe even some news of the world via the newspaper.

2

Rachel Blanchard

The child gets two confusing messages when a parent tells him which is the right fork to use, and then proceeds to use the wrong one. So does the child who listens to parents bicker and fuss, yet is told to be nice to his brothers and sisters.

3

Ronald Blythe

As for the British churchman, he goes to church as he goes to the bathroom, with the minimum of fuss and no explanation if he can help it.

4

Zola Budd

Looking back... it's hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years. When you look at all the things that have happened in the world, it seems very small.

5

Barbara Cartland

A woman asking 'Am I good? Am I satisfied?' is extremely selfish. The less women fuss about themselves, the less they talk to other women, the more they try to please their husbands, the happier the marriage is going to be.

6

Upamanyu Chatterjee

Well, life is dark, isn't it? Mostly, it's dreadful. At the same time, death is funny too. I mean, look at the fuss we make of it.

7

Noam Chomsky

There's a lot of fuss on the Left about election irregularities, like, you know, the voting machines were tampered with, they didn't count the votes right, and so on. That's all accurate and of some importance, but of far more importance is the fact that elections just don't take place, not in any meaningful sense of the term 'election.'

8

Aleister Crowley

Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness.

9

Victoria de los Angeles

And after I compose my programs, but it is very easy because I look to the music in a very natural way without fuss, and so I look always music, in my home, like books and books and books, choose books and you read the pages, so I do this with music, and I make programs.

10

Victoria de los Angeles

I like what it is to sing, or to be with the others singing, to make music, but the fuss and all the things that are the exterior part of a career, has never interested me.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FUSS»

Discover the use of fuss in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fuss and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Fourth-Grade Fuss

Whether one has read about Julio and Lucas and their other classmates before in class clown and class president or this is the first meeting, here is a story that will strike a familiar chord.

Johanna Hurwitz, 2004

101 Fuss-Free Bakes

This colourful illustrated collection of recipes features 101 delectable sweet and savoury loaves, cakes and biscuits. Delicious and simple recipes reaveal the author's secrets fro successful baking.

Hilary Biller, Jenny Kay, Elinor Storkey, 2005

Essentially Speaking: Feminism, Nature and Difference

First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Diana Fuss, 2013

Adam Fuss

This book, the first major monograph of the artist's work to date, has been widely acclaimed as one of the finest art books of 1997.

Adam Füss, Eugenia Parry, 1997

Dying Modern: A Meditation on Elegy

In Dying Modern, renowned literary critic Diana Fuss argues that as death has been increasingly shunted off-stage, out of the public eye, poets have taken up the task of reckoning with dying, loss, absence, and grief.

Diana Fuss, 2013

Cooking Without Fuss: Stress-Free Recipes for the Homecook

Throughout the book the emphasis is on recipes which are both quick and satisfying to prepare and which offer delicious, proven results.

Jonny Haughton, 2007

Inside/out: Lesbian Theories, Gay Theories

Challenges the heterocentric foundations of critical scholarship and theories of sexual difference and investigates the complex relations between desires and identifications, libidinal economies and social configurations, political ...

Diana Fuss, 1991

Adam Fuss

While technically seeking to refine the beginnings of photography, Fuss attempts, in the 100 new works presented here, to record life and death.

Adam Fuss, Thomas Kellein, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2003

Identification Papers: Readings on Psychoanalysis, ...

Identification Papers tracks the evolution of identification's emergence in psychoanalytic theory.

Diana Fuss, 2013

The Fuss that Never Ended: The Life and Work of Geoffrey Blainey

It is time to reassess the work of Geoffrey Blainey, and consider his role in Australian history, politics and public life.

Deborah Gare, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FUSS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fuss is used in the context of the following news items.

Planning to make a fuss

The group planned to ''make a fuss'' by hosting a public meeting with Labour MPs Annette King and David Clark in Queenstown this Thursday. «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»

What's Really Behind the Confederate Flag Fuss

Everyone can agree that racism is odious, and everyone can agree that the Charleston shooter was a sick, deluded soul who somehow thought ... «Patheos, Jul 15»

Designing a no fuss home in Oak Bluffs

But this time around, for their Martha's Vineyard home, they wanted a family-friendly design with absolutely no fuss. “They wanted to create a ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»

Less fuss, more substance for Rayadu

Ambati Rayudu comes across as very shy. Talks less. Measures his words and answers to the point. Rayudu was perhaps the most quiet of the ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»

The Stroller: 'Why the fuss?'

John Rungo of Spartanburg says it is time the truth is told about slavery and whether the Confederate flag represents slavery. “Slavery has ... «Spartanburg Herald Journal, Jul 15»

Dan Fuss' Loomis Sayles Bond Fund underperfoms, hit by dollar's rise

Loomis Sayles & Co.'s Dan Fuss and his team of bond-pickers are on track to deliver worse performance this year, relative to their competitors, ... «InvestmentNews, Jul 15»

Mountain Nothing But Trail: Raw 100 Tunes Out the Fuss

This is mountain biking at its very best — raw and powerful in all its treaded glory while paying heed to the vast expanse of nature that ... «TheInertia.com, Jul 15»

No-fuss squares are a picnic must-have

They've got a convenient cookie-like portability, too, without all the fuss of actually making cookies. Once they're cut, bars are generally sturdy ... «Guelph Mercury, Jul 15»

The Simple Trick To Cutting An Avocado. No Mess, No Fuss.

Avocado is responsible for giving us guacamole, so obviously it's a popular commodity in the produce aisle. It's not unusual to want avocado all ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

'No Fuss and Feathers Roadshow' at NJBG

No Fuss and Feathers Roadshow is an in-the-found, collaborative project that presents Carolann Solebello, Karyn Oliver, and The YaYas ... «The West Milford Messenger, Jul 15»