fuss

Meanings

• an excited state of agitation
• an angry disturbance
  • "he didn't want to make a fuss"
• a quarrel about petty points
• a rapid active commotion
• worry unnecessarily or excessively
  • "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"
• care for like a mother
  • "She fusses over her husband"

Synonyms

ado, bicker, bickering, bother, bustle, dither, flap, flurry, fret, hassle, hustle, mother, niggle, overprotect, pettifoggery, pother, spat, squabble, stir, tiff, tizzy, trouble