ados
Bustling hectic states
Ados is the plural of ado, meaning fuss, commotion, or unnecessary trouble.
The word appears almost exclusively in the phrase without further ado, introducing something after preliminaries are finished, or much ado about nothing, describing excessive concern over trivial matters.
Outside these set phrases, ados is rare.
Agitated, unnecessary concern
- botherTo annoy or disturb
- troubleDifficulty or distress
- hullabalooNoisy uproar or fuss
- hubbubLoud, confused noise
bustle · flurry · stir · excitement · agitation · uproar · disturbance · turmoil
Disproportionate emotional response
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
- theatricsExaggerated dramatic behavior
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
- melodramaSensational, emotionally overwrought drama
fussiness · nonsense · silliness · triviality · tempest · mountains · molehills · disproportionate
fuss
Agitated, unnecessary concern
- botherTo annoy or disturb
- troubleDifficulty or distress
- hullabalooNoisy uproar or fuss
hubbub · bustle · flurry · stir · excitement · agitation · uproar · disturbance · turmoil · brouhaha
overreaction
Disproportionate emotional response
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
- theatricsExaggerated dramatic behavior
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
melodrama · fussiness · nonsense · silliness · triviality · tempest · mountains · molehills · disproportionate · overkill
adossimplicity
Lack of complexity
straightforwardness · matter-of-factness · directness · plainness · ease
- without further adoWith no more delay
- Much Ado About NothingElizabethan comedy of courtship
- Much AdoExcessive fuss or bother