Noun

• S: (n) dither, pother, fuss, tizzy, flap (an excited state of agitation) "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"
• S: (n) fuss, trouble, bother, hassle (an angry disturbance) "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"
• S: (n) bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss (a quarrel about petty points)
• S: (n) bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir (a rapid active commotion)

Verb

• S: (v) fuss, niggle, fret (worry unnecessarily or excessively) "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"
• S: (v) mother, fuss, overprotect (care for like a mother) "She fusses over her husband"