As a mass or count noun. A state of intense nervous excitement or agitation.

Agitation, violent movement; spec. agitation or disturbance of a physical substance (esp. water); an irregular movement, shaking, oscillation (of…

figurative. A state of emotional or nervous agitation. Cf. fever, n.1 2. Obsolete.

A disturbed state (of the mind); disturbance, perturbation; excitement.

Mental perturbation; agitation, excitement.

A sudden disturbance (of weather); a gust, squall (of wind); in early use also, agitation of waves. Obsolete.

Mental agitation or disturbance; excitement; perturbation. (Also with plural.) Obsolete.

the action of puddering, poking, or meddling; also attributive, in puddering-pole.

The quality or state of being tumultuous or disturbed; †in quot. 1617, seditiousness (obsolete).

Tremulous agitation; confused hurry or alarm; confusion; flurry; perturbation.

The condition or state of having a fever or being feverish (literally or figuratively); an instance of this.

transferred and figurative. Heating of the body or mind; violent agitation, inflammation, fever, etc.

figurative. The state of being excited by emotion or passion; agitation, excitement, working. Sometimes (with more complete metaphor): A state of…

figurative. Great disturbance or agitation of mind or feeling; confused and violent emotion.

figurative. Agitation, excitement, tumult; = fermentation, n. 2.

Chiefly English regional (northern). An agitated or bewildered state of mind; a state of consternation or alarm; a hurry.

A state of (more or less ludicrous) consternation or anxiety.

A confused, disturbed, distracted, or dizzy state of mind or feeling.

A sudden commotion or excitement; perturbation, nervous agitation, flutter, hurry.

A state of impatience, irritation, anxiety, or the like, such as induces sweat; a flurry, hurry, fume. Chiefly Scottish and U.S.

A confused or agitated state of mind; a flurry, flutter.

colloquial. A state of agitation, excitement, or haste; a fluster, a fuss. Esp. in in a pucker. Now chiefly Irish English and U.S. regional (chiefly N…

An agitated condition, a state of tremulous excitement. esp. in phrases, to be in, fall, put,etc. into a flutter, all of a flutter.

The condition of being flustered; ‘fluster’, agitation.

The action of fluttering; the state of being fluttered.

figurative. A nervous thrill caused by emotion or excitement; also, a state of tremulous agitation or excitement.

A state of agitation or excitement; a flurry, fluster.

A state of nervous excitement or agitation; anxiety, perturbation. Cf. twitter, n.3 1.

colloquial. An agitated, excited, or anxious mental or emotional condition. Chiefly in to be in a state.

A state of excitement, esp. of great alarm or anxiety.

A state of confusion or agitation; a commotion or fuss. Scottish and northern dialect.

The state of being flurried.

Constant work and bustling; a state of worry or excitement. dialect and U.S.

English regional (south-western). figurative. A state of agitation or trouble.

A state of agitation or excitement; a fit of anger; (also) a flurry of activity.

Over-excited, agitated, worked up. Also as n., this state of mind.

Scottish and Manx English. A state of anxiety, distress, or excitement; a fuss, bother, ‘to-do’.

intransitive. To fuss, to dither. Often with about. Also as n., fuss, ‘flap’.

a flutter suggestive of frightened poultry.

colloquial. Chiefly British. A fuss, a commotion; a tedious or unnecessarily drawn-out process, a rigmarole.

= thrill, n.3 1.

Commotion, bustle; vigorous, energetic, or elaborate action, esp. of a sort which dazzles, distracts, or causes confusion; (hence) deception; an…

Nervous excitement. Obsolete.

Restlessness, agitation; the action of taking much trouble.

Unrest, agitation; an instance of this; = ferment, n. 3.

A state of tremulous excitement or apprehension; chiefly in all of a dither; also, vacillation; a state of confusion. colloquial or dialect.

A state of agitation; a fluster or panic. Also, a hurry. Frequently in in a swivet.

the state of being flustered.

A state of nervous excitement, agitation, or anxiety. Chiefly in (all) in a tither, (all) of a tither.

The state of being overwrought; an overwrought condition.

Originally: madness, particularly of a kind characterized by uncontrolled, excited, or aggressive behaviour. Frequently contrasted with melancholia…

Also stuma. A state of agitation; a sweat or ‘stew’.

A state of nervous excitement, agitation or worry, a ‘flap’; esp. in in a tizzy.

a state (of agitation).

A state of agitation; a fit of rage or bad temper; a tantrum, sulk. Frequently in in a snit.

= tizzy, n.2

A state of nervous agitation or confusion; occasionally a state of physical disorder or chaos.

In Nigeria: trouble, affliction, calamity; (also) inconvenience, fuss, bother, palaver.