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dithernoun a state of nervous or irritated concernGrandma usually gets in a dither if I don't make my weekly call fluster, fret, fuss, huff, lather, pother, stew, sweat, swelter, swivet, tizzy, twitter bother, dudgeon, piquealarm(also alarum), hand-wringing, panicado, agitation, delirium, distraction, furor, hysteria, uproarnervous breakdown a sense of panic or extreme nervousnesswe were all in a dither while we waited for the test results butterflies, heebie-jeebies, jimjams, jitters, nerves, screaming meemies, shakes, shivers, whim-whams, willies cold sweat, creeps, fidgets, goose bumpsagitation, anxiety, fear, hysteria, uneasinessfrazzle, nervous breakdownedginess, jumpiness, skittishness aplomb, calm, composure, equanimity, imperturbability, self-possession, tranquillity(or tranquility) to show uncertainty about the right course of actionwe dithered all afternoon over whether to go to the park or to the movies and ended up doing neither balance, falter, halt, hang back, hesitate, scruple, shilly-shally, stagger, teeter, vacillate, waver, wobble(also wabble) haw, hemdally, dawdle, delay, linger, pause, procrastinate, waitback down, chicken (out)consider, debate, deliberate, ponder, weighoscillate, swayequivocate, hedge, pussyfoot, waffle dive (in), plunge (in) decidebudge, stiradvance, continue in the 15th century |