fuss
noun
an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle.
fusser
-
a word derived from
fuss.
Example Sentences
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You could just feel the feminine side of the chapel stiffen—Hogboom was the worst fusser in college.
From At Good Old Siwash by George Fitch
You're nearly as big a fusser as Bee.
From The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story by Stanley Davis
She is as much of a fusser as Rowena Quarrelena Fightena Scrapena used to be.
From Marjorie Dean, College Senior by Pauline Lester
The "fusser" and liar lives even on the battlefield.
From "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders by John Allister Currie
She is a born fusser about herself and everybody else for whom she feels responsible; and her vanity causes her to exaggerate her responsibilities officiously.
From Getting Married by Bernard Shaw
