fuss
verb [I] (GIVE ATTENTION TO) /fʌs/Definition
› to give too much attention to small matters that are not important, usually in a way that shows that you are worried and not relaxed: Please, stop fussing - the food's cooking and there's nothing more to do until the guests arrive. It irritates me the way she's always fussing with her hair!Anxious and worriedWanting everything to be right
(Definition of fuss verb (GIVE ATTENTION TO) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (all) hot and bothered idiom
- a bundle of nerves idiom
- aflutter adjective
- anxious adjective (WORRIED)
- apprehensive adjective
- fret verb
- fretful adjective
- frightened adjective
- get in a sweat idiom
- grim adjective (SERIOUS)
- never fear idiom
- oppressed adjective (FEELINGS)
- overwrought adjective
- perturbed adjective
- pit of your stomach idiom
- uncomfortable adjective
- uneasy adjective
- unquiet adjective
- unsettled adjective (WORRIED)
- uptight adjective
Topic:
Anxious and worried
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