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Pother

Pother Meaning & Definition
Pother Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pother?

[n] an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"
[v] make a fuss; be agitated
[v] make upset or troubled

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pother: dither | dither | flap | flap | fuss | tizzy

Related Terms | Find terms related to Pother: abash | addle | addle the wits | ado | aggravate | aggravation | agitation | ail | annoy | badger | baffle | bafflement | bait | ball up | be at | be the matter | becloud | bedazzle | bedevil | befuddle | befuddlement | beset | bewilder | bewilderment | bother | botheration | brawl | bristle | broil | brouhaha | brown off | bug | bullyrag | burn up | burst | bustle | chaos | chivy | clamor | cloud | commotion | complicate matters | concern | confoundment | confuse | confusion | daze | dazzle | devil | dilemma | discombobulate | discombobulation | discomfit | discomfiture | discommode | discompose | discomposure | disconcert | disconcertedness | disconcertion | disconcertment | dismay | disorder | disorganization | disorganize | disorient | disorientation | distemper | distress | disturb | disturbance | dither | dog | donnybrook | donnybrook fair | dustup | embarrass | embarrassment | embroilment | enigma | entangle | exasperate | exasperation | exercise | fash | feery-fary | ferment | fidgetiness | fit | fix | flap | flummox | flurry | fluster | flusteration | flustration | flutter | flutteriness | fog | foofaraw | fracas | free-for-all | frenzy | fret | fuddle | fuddlement | furore | fuss | fussiness | get | gripe | harass | harry | hassle | haze | heckle | hector | helter-skelter | hound | hubbub | hullabaloo | hurly-burly | inconvenience | irk | jam | jumble | lather | maelstrom | maze | melee | mess | miff | mist | mix up | moider | molest | muddle | muddlement | mystery | nag | needle | nettle | nonplus | nudzh | peeve | pell-mell | perplex | perplexity | persecute | perturb | perturbation | pester | pick on | pickle | pique | plague | plight | pluck the beard | predicament | problem | provoke | pucker | put out | put to it | puzzle | puzzlement | quandary | racket | raise hell | rampage | rattle | restlessness | riddle | ride | rile | riot | roil | rough-and-tumble | roughhouse | row | ruckus | ruction | ruffle | rumpus | scramble | scrape | shindy | shuffle | spasm | spurt | stew | stir | sweat | swirl | swivet | tease | throw into confusion | tizzy | to-do | torment | trouble | try the patience | tumult | turbulence | turmoil | tweak the nose | twitter | twitteration | unassuredness | unquiet | unsettle | unsettlement | uproar | upset | vex | vortex | whirl | whirlpool | whirlwind | worry

See Also | agitate | agitation | charge | charge up | commove | excite | fret | fuss | niggle | rouse | turn on

Pother In Webster's Dictionary

\Poth"er\, n. [Cf. D. peuteren to rummage, poke. Cf. {Potter}, {Pudder}.] Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter; bother. [Written also {potter}, and {pudder}.] ``What a pother and stir!'' --Oldham. ``Coming on with a terrible pother.'' --Wordsworth.
\Poth"er\, v. i. To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.
\Poth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pothered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pothering}.] To harass and perplex; to worry. ``Pothers and wearies himself.'' --Locke.

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