ado
Much bustling excitement
Ado is fuss or commotion, usually over something trivial: Much ado about nothing.
The word appears most often in that Shakespeare title and in the phrase without further ado, meaning without more delay or ceremony.
Outside these set expressions, ado sounds old-fashioned.
Agitated, unnecessary concern
- hubbubLoud, confused noise
- brouhahaNoisy public uproar
- kerfuffleNoisy fuss or disturbance
- uproarNoisy public disturbance
ruckus · hullabaloo · stir · disturbance · turmoil · tumult · flap · pother
To annoy or disturb
- troubleDifficulty or distress
- difficultyState of being hard
- hassleIrritating difficulty
- palaverProlonged fuss or chatter
rigmarole · faffing · nitpicking · quibbling · overreaction · drama · theatrics · hand-wringing
Leave-taking expression
- partingAct of leaving another
- goodbyeDeparting salutation
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- nothingNot any thing
delay · hesitation · preamble · ceremony · formality · introduction · prologue
fuss
Agitated, unnecessary concern
uproar · ruckus · hullabaloo · stir · disturbance · turmoil · tumult · flap · pother · bustle
bother
To annoy or disturb
- troubleDifficulty or distress
- difficultyState of being hard
- hassleIrritating difficulty
palaver · rigmarole · faffing · nitpicking · quibbling · overreaction · drama · theatrics · hand-wringing · pearl-clutching
farewell
Leave-taking expression
- partingAct of leaving another
- goodbyeDeparting salutation
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
nothing · delay · hesitation · preamble · ceremony · formality · introduction · prologue
adocalm
Free from agitation
quiet · stillness · peace · tranquility · tranquillity
adosimplicity
Lack of complexity
ease · order · orderliness · efficiency · smoothness
adononchalance
Calm, casual composure
unconcern · indifference · ease · equanimity · composure
- without further adoWith no more delay
- Much Ado About NothingElizabethan comedy of courtship
- Much AdoExcessive fuss or bother