Read full poem →Brings up, it’s little enough I care;
And it’s little I’d mind the fuss they’ll make,
Huddled dead in a ditch somewhere.
Dictionary Entry
Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something.
In a Sentence
“They made a big fuss about the wedding plans.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. fussover fussfuss muchfuss withoutfuss anyfuss great
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Antonyms
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Poetry examples for “fuss”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →An' fussed an' quarrelled day by day;
While Liza, mindin' not the fuss,
Jest kep' a-goin' with both of us,
Read full poem →I would not die like Socrates,
For all the fuss of Plato;
Nor would I with Leonidas,
Read full poem →And even children lisp the Rights of Man;
Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention,
The Rights of Woman merit some attention.
Read full poem →They knew 'e stole; 'e knew they knowed.
They didn't tell, nor make a fuss,
But winked at 'Omer down the road,
Read full poem →If a beggar can't march, why, we kills 'im an' rattles 'im into 'is grave.
You've got to stand up to our business an' spring without snatchin' or fuss.
D'you say that you sweat with the field-guns?