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noun poth·er \ ˈpä-t͟hər \

Definition of pother

1 a :a confused or fidgety flurry of activity :commotion

b :agitated talk or controversy usually over a trivial matter

2 :a choking cloud of dust or smoke

3 :mental turmoil

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Examples of pother in a Sentence

always in a pother over the state of her garden
the pother of city traffic that commuters face every day

Recent Examples of pother from the Web

Back to business after a month of neglecting the words of the week while addressing one pother after another.

— john e. mcintyre, baltimoresun.com, "In a word: pother," 19 June 2017

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Origin and Etymology of pother

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First Known Use: 1591

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pother Synonyms

Synonyms

dither, fluster, fuss, huff, lather, fret, stew, sweat, swelter, swivet, tizzy, twitter

Related Words

bother, dudgeon, pique; alarm (also alarum), hand-wringing, panic; ado, agitation, delirium, distraction, furor, hysteria, uproar; nervous breakdown

Near Antonyms

calm, hush, peace, quiet, quietude, rest, stillness, tranquillity (or tranquility); order, orderliness

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pother

verb

Definition of pother

pothered; pothering play \ˈpä-t͟hə-riŋ, ˈpät͟h-riŋ\

transitive verb

:to put into a pother

intransitive verb

:to be in a pother

First Known Use of pother

1692

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