pother

Examples

• All

• There was a pother in the office over the new dress code that seemed unnecessary.

• It is like chickens, really, all that pithless pother.

  Fiction book (1999)

• "I'm glad to see you can get yourself into a pother about something.

  Fiction book (1993)

• A lot of unnecessary pother has been made about terminology here.

  Blog text (5)

• There was as in China, we're the one child pother was just rampant ignoring of the law.

• Away from the smoke and the smother, the veil of the dun and the brown, the push and the plash and the pother,

  Blog text (6)

• Yeah, I'm alone because you and your pother Smug Brothers have asked your friend JoeD to ban anyone else who has ever disagreed with you! LOL

  Blog text (1)

• A great deal of pother surrounded the decision to change the school schedule.

• Despite the pother created by the rumor, the meeting went on as planned.

Synonyms

F

fuss

vspother

145 1.5

A lot of worry or complaint about something small

is a noisy agitated reaction often louder than the situation needs

S

stir

vspother

80 4.2

A short time of excitement and activity

is a steady noisy agitation rather than a brief burst

F

flap

vspother

• UK

12 5.9

A short time of nervous worry and confusion

is more like noisy concern without sudden cause

R

rumpus

vspother

11 7.6

Loud noise and activity, often with people shouting

is broader and covers agitation without physical shouting

T

tizzy

vspother

• Informal

11 8.0

A nervous, excited feeling about something unimportant

is a noisy agitated reaction rather than quiet anxious worry

S

stew

vspother

• Informal

8 7.2

A state of worry and upset about something

is noisier and more outward than quiet internal worry

H

hullabaloo

vspother

• Informal

7 7.9

A loud noisy fuss made by people, often during protests or celebrations

is a general loud agitation not always group driven

H

hoo-ha

vspother

• Informal

1 9.6

A noisy fuss about something unimportant

is an agitated reaction that often shows more concern than required

D

dither

vspother

1 8.0

A nervous, confused state when you cannot decide

is more noisy and outward than hesitant indecision

G

gulder

vspother

• Archaic

9.9

A sudden loud burst of laughter or noise from a group of people

is about noisy concern rather than a single loud outcry

Antonyms

S

serenity

48 4.4

A calm, peaceful feeling without worry

C

calmness

9 2.7

A state without strong feelings or worry in your mind

How Agitated

panic

394 2.7

uproar

47 3.9

commotion

73 4.1

pother

• Archaic

1 9.9

to fuss

19 2.8

calm

52 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology