Much ado about nothing.
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Ado
//əˈduː//
Synonyms for "ado" (184 found)
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Closest matches (37)
Strong matches (55)
Related words (92)
hurryhurry scurryhurry-scurryin handin the windincidentalinconveniencemaelstrommattermeleeoccasionalonongoingpainspassingpeck of troublespell mellpell-mellperturbationpother
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prevailingprevalentproblemracketrampagerestlessnessresultantriotrough-and-tumbleroughhouserowruckusructionrufflerumpusrushscramblesea of troublesshindysongspasmsplashspurtstewstirsweatswirlswirlingtaking placeto doto-dotroubletumultturbulenceturmoiltwitterunder wayunquietuproarvortexwhirlwhirlpoolwhirlwindworryyeastiness
Related word relations
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Translations
26 translations across 12 languages.
Czech
3 entries- povyk noun (doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles)
- rotyka noun (doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles)
- zdržování noun (doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles)
Dutch
1 entries- gedoe noun (doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles)
Finnish
3 entries- mekkala noun (doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles)
- meteli noun (doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles)
- älämölö noun (doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles)
French
4 entries- bruit noun (doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles)
- cérémonies noun (doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles)
- foin noun (doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles)
- histoire noun (doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles)
German
1 entries- Getue noun (doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles)
Hungarian
1 entries- hűhó noun (doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles)
Māori
1 entries- utiuti noun (doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Kracheel noun (doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles)
- Puhu noun (doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles)
Portuguese
2 entries- barulho noun (doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles)
- confusão noun (doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles)
Russian
1 entries- затруднение noun (doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles)
Slovak
2 entries- hurhaj noun (doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles)
- zdržiavanie noun (doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles)
Turkish
4 entries- gürültü noun (doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles)
- patırtı noun (doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles)
- telaş noun (doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles)
- yaygara noun (doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Without further ado, let me introduce tonight's guest.
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He took it with much ado at his brother's earnest pressing him, and said: Let us go together, and I will accompany thee in thy journey.
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Without further ado, let's get started.
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