<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.</li><li>Synonyms: commotion, stir, to-do, pother</li><li>Antonyms: inactivity</li><li>an argument or noisy dispute: They had a fuss about who should wash dishes.</li><li>a complaint or protest, especially about something relatively unimportant.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to make a fuss; make much ado about trifles: You'll never finish the job if you fuss over details.</li><li>to complain especially about something relatively unimportant.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to disturb, especially with trifles; annoy; bother.</li><li>Synonyms: pester</li></ul>