dither (redirected from dithery)

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

Verb

Chiefly Brit & NZ to be uncertain or indecisive

Noun

Chiefly Brit a state of indecision or agitation [Middle English didder]

ditherer n
dithery adj

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 1. vacillate, hesitate, waver, haver, falter, hum and haw, faff about Brit. (informal) shillyshally (informal) swither Scot. << OPPOSITE decide

noun 2. flutter, flap (informal) fluster, bother, stew (informal) twitter (informal) tizzy (informal) pother, tiz-woz (informal)

Translations

dither [ˈdɪðəʳ] vi → vacilar

dither [ˈdɪðəʳ] vi → hésiter

dither [ˈdɪðəʳ] (pej) vi → zaudern

dither [ˈdɪðəʳ] vi → vacillare