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stewnoun a state of nervous or irritated concernmany in town are in a stew about the proposed plan to close at least one of the elementary schools dither, fluster, fret, fuss, huff, lather, pother, sweat, swelter, swivet, tizzy, twitter bother, dudgeon, piquealarm(also alarum), hand-wringing, panicado, agitation, delirium, distraction, furor, hysteria, uproarnervous breakdown a state of noisy, confused activitythe audience went into a stew when the evacuation order was announced ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter(chiefly dialect), coil, commotion, corroboree(Australian), disturbance, do(chiefly dialect), foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha(also hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry, hurry-scurry(or hurry-skurry), kerfuffle(chiefly British), moil, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, splore(Scottish), squall, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw, zoo cacophony, clamor, din, howl, hue and cry, noise, outcry, racket, roardisorder, unrest, upheavaleruption, flare-up, flurry, flutter, outbreak, outburstbrawl, fracas, fray, hassle, melee(also mêlée), scuffledither, fever, fret, lather, tizzy calm, hush, peace, quiet, quietude, rest, stillness, tranquillity(or tranquility)order, orderliness an unorganized collection or mixture of various thingsthe documentary looks at the stew of conspiracy theories inspired by the assassination agglomerate, agglomeration, alphabet soup, assortment, botch, clutter, collage, crazy quilt, farrago, gallimaufry, grab bag, gumbo, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, jambalaya, jumble, jungle, litter, macédoine, medley, mélange, menagerie, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, montage, motley, muddle, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pastiche, patchwork, patchwork quilt, potpourri, ragbag, ragout, rummage, salad, salmagundi, scramble, shuffle, smorgasbord, tumble, variety, welter detritus, notions, oddments, odds and ends, sundriesaccumulation, aggregate, aggregation, conglomerate, conglomerationcatchalladmixture, alloy, amalgam, blend, combination, commixture, composite, compound, fusion, intermixture, mix-upbollix, chaos, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, dog's breakfast(chiefly British), mess, morass, shamblesimbroglio, knot, snarl, tangle a building in which prostitutes are availablea red-light district full of down and dirty stews stewverbto cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steamstew the chicken till tender, and then remove the meat from the bones to experience concern or anxietystop stewing over that game and just try to do better next time bother, fear, fret, fuss, stress, sweat, trouble, worry agonizelong, pine, yearnchafedespair give a hang(or care a hang), sweat blood acceptabide, bear, endure, stick out, stomach, sustain, take, tolerate in the 13th century |