😤 Unnecessary excitement 🤔 To worry too much 🧑‍🍼 To care too much

to fuss

13 3.5

To give someone too much care or attention

verb
/fʌs/

: mimar

Now, don't start fussing about me like that, my dear.

And you or your friends or members of the public see that they come down and want to praise and fuss the dog and give it some love.

Examples

She loves to fuss over her plants, making sure they get just the right amount of sunlight.
He always fusses about his clothes before going out, wanting everything to look perfect.
I think maybe because everybody fuss over me so.

Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
Well, fuss over him like that.

23 Paces to Baker Street (1956)
Robert needs to write a successful book and he needs people to stop fussing over...

The Laureate (2023)
Don't fuss over him, Caroline.

Enola Holmes (2020)
But it was not our way to fuss over one another; my terse praise was enough.

Fiction book (1994)
Mum, stop fussing.

Blinded by the Light (2019)
She didn't resist fussing over Jackson, especially on car rides.

Anything for Jackson (2020)
My canvases and paint box had been brought down, and I fussed with positioning the easel.

Fiction book (1996)

Synonyms

to mother

vsto fuss

12 5.1

To care for someone in a very loving and protective way

is more about unnecessary protective attention rather than affectionate warmth

to overprotect

vsto fuss

1 5.1

Keep someone too safe so they do not face problems or learn to do things alone

focuses on giving too much attention rather than allowing independence

Antonyms

to ignore

∞ 1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

neglect

100 3.5

Not caring for someone or something that needs care

Idioms

to kick up a fuss

Informal

2 6.4

Complain loudly about something small

Phrasal Verbs

to make a fuss

22 3.0

Complain loudly about something small

Compounds

fuss-budget

Informal

9.9

A person who worries about small things for no reason

How Attentive

to pamper

42 3.7

to fuss

13 3.5

to look after

472 1.1

to care for

347 1.0

Surface Forms

fuss infinitive

fussed past

fussed past participle

fussing present participle

fusses third person singular

Etymology

To fuss over someone uses the same image of busy attention, like moving around a person to do every small thing for them. That's why to fuss over someone means to 'pay too much attention or care', often in an overprotective way.