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1
a state of nervous or irritated concern
- Grandma usually gets in a dither if I don't make my weekly call
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- alarm
- (also alarum),
- hand-wringing,
- panic
2
a sense of panic or extreme nervousness
- we were all in a dither while we waited for the test results
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of dither (Entry 2 of 2)
to show uncertainty about the right course of action
- we dithered all afternoon over whether to go to the park or to the movies and ended up doing neither
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“Dither.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dither. Accessed 24 Jan. 2022.
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