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pother

noun

1 pother

An excited state of agitation.

synonyms: dither, flap, fuss, tizzy.

Roget 821: feeling; suffering etc. v.; endurance, tolerance, sufferance, supportance, experience, response; sympathy etc. (love) 897; ... show more

Roget 59: disorder; derangement etc. 61; irregularity; anomaly etc. (unconformity) 83; anarchy, anarchism; want of method; untidiness ... show more

Roget 830: painfulness etc. adj.; trouble, care etc. (pain) 828; trial; affliction, infliction; blow, stroke, burden, ... show more

Roget 825: excitability, impetuosity, vehemence; boisterousness etc. adj.; turbulence; impatience, intolerance, nonendurance; irritability etc. (irascibility) 901; ... show more

verb

1 pother

Make upset or troubled.

Roget 830: cause pain, occasion pain, give pain, bring pain, induce pain, produce pain, create pain, inflict pain etc. 828; pain, hurt, wound.    pinch, ... show more

2 pother

Make a fuss; be agitated.

synonyms: dither, flap.


Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.

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