About The Word Pother

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Pother to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Pother definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

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.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Typewriter ‐ hand-operated character printer for printing written messages…
  • Ankylotic ‐ relating to or characteristic of the abnormality…
  • Vittariaceae ‐ one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been…
  • Long-suffering ‐ patient endurance of pain or unhappiness [adj] patiently enduring…
  • Nearsighted ‐ unable to see distant…
  • Forbearing ‐ showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under…
  • Patrimonial ‐ inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal…
  • Go-getter ‐ someone whose career…
  • Bill of attainder ‐ a legislative act finding a person guilty of treason or felony…
  • Genus epipactis ‐ genus of hardy orchids with leafy-bracted racemes of greenish…