ado

Speech parts

1. ado - Noun

2. Ado - Proper noun

Meaning

To do; in doing; as, there is nothing ado.

Doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

stir fuss noise trouble disturbance excitement agitation bother flurry commotion bustle hustle hubbub uproar to-do
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Antonyms

assoil restfulness

Hypernyms

din rumpus commotion tumult ruction ruckus

Phrases with the word

Much Ado About Nothing without further ado with no further ado without more ado without any further ado without ado

Examples

No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself. Anthony Trollope

Success is not something I've wrapped my brain around. If people go to those movies, then yes, that's true, big-time success. If not, it's much ado about nothing. Matt Damon

Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede I have ever seen? "And here is my good big centipede!" If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race. William S. Burroughs

People with much ado usually don't know shallow. Indonesian Proverb

Much ado and little help. English Proverb

There's muckle ado when muirland folk ride. Scottish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

adnoun adnubilated Adnyamathanha Ado Ekiti ADO.NET adobe