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dither
dith·er D0299000 (dĭth′ər)n. A state of indecisive agitation.intr.v. dith·ered, dith·er·ing, dith·ers To be nervously irresolute in acting or doing.
[Alteration of didder, from Middle English dideren, to tremble; see diddle2.]dither (ˈdɪðə) vb (intr) 1. chiefly Brit to be uncertain or indecisive2. chiefly US to be in an agitated state3. to tremble, as with coldn4. chiefly Brit a state of indecision5. a state of agitation[C17: variant of C14 (northern English dialect) didder, of uncertain origin] ˈditherer n ˈdithery adjdith•er (ˈdɪð ər)
n. 1. a trembling; vibration. 2. a state of flustered excitement or fear. v.i. 3. to act irresolutely; vacillate. [1640–50; <diddere; compare dodder1] dith′er•er, n. dith′er•y, adj. didder, dither - To didder or dither is to tremble or shake.See also related terms for tremble.dither
Past participle: dithered
Gerund: dithering
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| I dither | | you dither | | he/she/it dithers | | we dither | | you dither | | they dither |
| Preterite |
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| I dithered | | you dithered | | he/she/it dithered | | we dithered | | you dithered | | they dithered |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am dithering | | you are dithering | | he/she/it is dithering | | we are dithering | | you are dithering | | they are dithering |
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| I have dithered | | you have dithered | | he/she/it has dithered | | we have dithered | | you have dithered | | they have dithered |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was dithering | | you were dithering | | he/she/it was dithering | | we were dithering | | you were dithering | | they were dithering |
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| I had dithered | | you had dithered | | he/she/it had dithered | | we had dithered | | you had dithered | | they had dithered |
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| I will dither | | you will dither | | he/she/it will dither | | we will dither | | you will dither | | they will dither |
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| I will have dithered | | you will have dithered | | he/she/it will have dithered | | we will have dithered | | you will have dithered | | they will have dithered |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be dithering | | you will be dithering | | he/she/it will be dithering | | we will be dithering | | you will be dithering | | they will be dithering |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been dithering | | you have been dithering | | he/she/it has been dithering | | we have been dithering | | you have been dithering | | they have been dithering |
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| I will have been dithering | | you will have been dithering | | he/she/it will have been dithering | | we will have been dithering | | you will have been dithering | | they will have been dithering |
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| I had been dithering | | you had been dithering | | he/she/it had been dithering | | we had been dithering | | you had been dithering | | they had been dithering |
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| I would dither | | you would dither | | he/she/it would dither | | we would dither | | you would dither | | they would dither |
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| I would have dithered | | you would have dithered | | he/she/it would have dithered | | we would have dithered | | you would have dithered | | they would have dithered |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | dither - an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"fuss, pother, tizzy, flapagitation - a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance | | Verb | 1. | dither - act nervously; be undecided; be uncertainfret - be agitated or irritated; "don't fret over these small details" | | 2. | dither - make a fuss; be agitatedpother, flapfret, fuss, niggle - worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now" |
dither Chiefly Brit.verb1. vacillate, hesitate, waver, haver, falter, hum and haw, faff about (Brit. informal), shillyshally (informal), swither (Scot.) We're still dithering over whether to get married.
vacillate decide, settle, resolve, conclude, make a decision, make up your mind, come to a conclusion, reach or come to a decisionnoun1. flutter, flap (informal), fluster, bother, stew (informal), twitter (informal), tizzy (informal), pother, tiz-woz (informal) I am in such a dither I forget to put the water in.dithernounA state of discomposure:agitation, fluster, flutter, perturbation, tumult, turmoil, upset.Informal: lather, stew.verbTo be irresolute in acting or doing:falter, halt, hesitate, pause, shilly-shally, stagger, vacillate, waver, wobble.Translationsdither
all of a ditherIn a nervous, confused, or agitated state. We were all of a dither waiting to meet the president at our school rally. The economy is still all of a dither after news that the country's largest corporation has filed for bankruptcy.See also: all, dither, ofin a ditherIn a nervous, confused, or agitated state. We were in a dither waiting to meet the president at our school rally. The economy is still in a dither after news that the country's largest corporation has filed for bankruptcy.See also: ditherin a ditherconfused; nervous; bothered. Mary is sort of in a dither lately. Don't get yourself in a dither.See also: ditherin a ditherAlso, all of a dither; in a flutter or tizzy . In a state of tremulous agitation, as in Planning the wedding put her in a dither, or He tried to pull himself together, but he was all of a dither, or She showed up in such a flutter that our meeting was useless. The noun dither dates from the early 1800s and goes back to the Middle English verb didderen, "to tremble"; in a flutter dates from the mid-1700s; in a tizzy dates from about 1930 and is of uncertain origin. See also: ditherdither (ˈdɪðɚ) n. a state of confusion. (see also in a dither.) He can’t seem to get out of this dither he’s in. in a dither mod. confused; undecided. Don’t get yourself in a dither. See also: ditherin a dither, allIn a jittery, agitated state. This expression dates from the early 1800s, when it also was put as of a dither. The noun dither comes from the Middle English verb didderen, meaning “to tremble.” A newer synonym is in a tizzy, dating from the first half of the 1900s. Its origin is not known.See also: alldither
dither[′dith·ər] (communications) A technique for representing the entire gray scale of a picture by picture elements with only one of two levels (“white” and “black”), in which a multilevel input image signal is compared with a position-dependent set of thresholds, and picture elements are set to “white” only where the image input signal exceeds the threshold. (control systems) A force having a controlled amplitude and frequency, applied continuously to a device driven by a servomotor so that the device is constantly in small-amplitude motion and cannot stick at its null position. Also known as buzz. dither
Related to dither: dither matrixSynonyms for ditherverb vacillateSynonyms- vacillate
- hesitate
- waver
- haver
- falter
- hum and haw
- faff about
- shillyshally
- swither
Antonyms- decide
- settle
- resolve
- conclude
- make a decision
- make up your mind
- come to a conclusion
- reach or come to a decision
noun flutterSynonyms- flutter
- flap
- fluster
- bother
- stew
- twitter
- tizzy
- pother
- tiz-woz
Synonyms for dithernoun a state of discomposureSynonyms- agitation
- fluster
- flutter
- perturbation
- tumult
- turmoil
- upset
- lather
- stew
verb to be irresolute in acting or doingSynonyms- falter
- halt
- hesitate
- pause
- shilly-shally
- stagger
- vacillate
- waver
- wobble
Synonyms for dithernoun an excited state of agitationSynonymsRelated Wordsverb act nervouslyRelated Wordsverb make a fussSynonymsRelated Words |