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dithersnounpl. of dither a state of nervous or irritated concernGrandma usually gets in a dither if I don't make my weekly call flusters, frets, fusses, huffs, lathers, pothers, stews, sweats, swelters, swivets, tizzies, twitters bothers, dudgeons, piquesalarms(also alarums), hand-wringings, panicsados, agitations, deliriums, distractions, furors, hysterias, uproarsnervous breakdowns dithersverbpresent tense third-person singular of ditherto 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 balances, falters, halts, hangs back, hesitates, scruples, shilly-shallies, staggers, teeters, vacillates, wavers, wobbles(also wabbles) haws, hemsdallies, dawdles, delays, lingers, pauses, procrastinates, waitsbacks down, chickens (out)considers, debates, deliberates, ponders, weighsoscillates, swaysequivocates, hedges, pussyfoots, waffles dives (in), plunges (in) decidesbudges, stirsadvances, continues |