ditherverb [ I ]
uk/ˈdɪð.ər/us/ˈdɪð.ɚ/disapprovingto be unable to make a decision about doing something:
Stop dithering and choose which one you want!
She's still dithering over whether to accept the job she's just been offered.
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Hesitating
- dilly-dally
- falter
- foot
- halting
- hang
- hang back
- have a foot in both camps idiom
- haw
- hem
- hem and haw idiom
- hesitant
- hesitate
- hesitation
- hum
- hum and haw idiom
- pussyfoot
- shilly-shally
- sit
- sit on the fence idiom
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Doubt & ambivalence
ditherer
noun [ C ] uk/ˈdɪð.ər.ər/us/ˈdɪð.ɚ.ɚ/
dithery
adjective uk/ˈdɪð.ər.i/us/ˈdɪð.ɚ.i/UK
He seems rather dithery but in fact he works very calmly and efficiently.
dithernoun
uk/ˈdɪð.ər/us/ˈdɪð.ɚ/disapprovingbe in a dither about sth
to be very nervous, excited, or confused about something:
Gideon is in a bit of a dither about what to wear for the interview.
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Confusion, confusing and feeling confused
- a chicken and egg situation idiom
- addle
- all of a doodah idiom
- all over the place idiom
- at sea idiom
- brainstorm
- disorientate
- disoriented
- distraction
- dizziness
- doodah
- ferment
- flutter
- not know what hit you idiom
- not know where/which way to turn idiom
- not know whether to laugh or cry idiom
- not know whether you are coming or going idiom
- off balance
- turbulence
- whirl
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