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in a dither
in a dither
confused; nervous; bothered. Mary is sort of in a dither lately. Don't get yourself in a dither.
in a dither
Also, 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.
in a dither
mod. confused; undecided. Don’t get yourself in a dither.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Astrid | | ['æsteriks] | |
Madhu | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu |
Omiros | | - | Greek |
Vester | | - | Danish |
Sylvia | | SIL-vee-ə (English), SUYL-vee-ah (Finnish) | English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German |
Isidro | | - | Spanish |