fuss
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an excited state of agitation
he was in a dither
Types & categories
- agitation hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
worry unnecessarily or excessively
don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now
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Sense 3 noun
an angry disturbance
he didn't want to make a fuss
Types & categories
- disturbance hypernym
Related & opposite
- hassle derivation
- inconvenience derivation
Sense 4 verb
care for like a mother
She fusses over her husband
Types & categories
- give care hypernym
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Sense 5 noun
a quarrel about petty points
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- quarrel hypernym
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Sense 6 noun
a rapid active commotion
Types & categories
- ruction hypernym
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fuss |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dither |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pother |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | agitation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fret |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fuss |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | worry |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | scruple |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dither |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hassle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | inconvenience |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | disturbance |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bustle |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | mother |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | give care |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | bicker |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | spat |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | finical |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | quarrel |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | bustle |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | flurry |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | mother |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | ruction |