dither

dith·er  (dr)

n.

A state of indecisive agitation.

intr.v. dith·ered, dith·er·ing, dith·ers

To be nervously irresolute in acting or doing.

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[Alteration of didder, from Middle English didderen, to tremble.]

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dither [ˈdɪðə]

vb (intr)

1. Chiefly Brit to be uncertain or indecisive

2. Chiefly US to be in an agitated state

3. to tremble, as with cold

n

1. Chiefly Brit a state of indecision

2. a state of agitation

[variant of C14 (northern English dialect) didder, of uncertain origin]

ditherer  n

dithery  adj

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didder, dither - To didder or dither is to tremble or shake.

See also related terms for tremble.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dither - an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft" fuss, pother, tizzy, flap agitation - a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
Verb	1.	dither - act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain fret - be agitated or irritated; "don't fret over these small details"
	2.	dither - make a fuss; be agitated pother, flap fret, fuss, niggle - worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"

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dither Chiefly Brit.

verb

vacillate, hesitate, waver, haver, falter, hum and haw, faff about (Brit. informal), shillyshally (informal), swither (Scot.) We're still dithering over whether to get married.
vacillate decide, settle, resolve, conclude, make a decision, make up your mind, come to a conclusion, reach or come to a decision

noun

flutter, flap (informal), fluster, bother, stew (informal), twitter (informal), tizzy (informal), pother, tiz-woz (informal) I am in such a dither I forget to put the water in.

Translations

dither [ˈdɪðəʳ]

A. N to be in a dither; be all of a dither (= be nervous) → estar muy nervioso; (= hesitate) → no saber qué hacer, vacilar

B. VI (= be nervous) → estar nervioso; (= hesitate) → no saber qué hacer, vacilar
to dither over a decision → vacilar al tomar una decisión

dither [ˈdɪðə^r] vi → hésiter
to dither over sth, to dither about sth → se tâter à propos de qch

dither

n to be all of a dither, to be in a dither → ganz aufgeregt or am Rotieren (inf) → sein

vi → zaudern, schwanken; to dither over something → mit etw zaudern; to dither over how/whether … → schwanken, wie/ob …; stop dithering (about) and get on with it! → jetzt lass doch dieses ewige Hin und Her und fang endlich mal an!

dither [ˈdɪðəʳ] (fam)

1. n to be in a dither → essere in agitazione

2. vi → titubare
to dither over a decision → tentennare di fronte a una decisione