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pother n. 喧扰,骚动,混乱
vt.
vi. (使)困扰,(使)烦恼 喧扰,骚动,混乱(使)困扰,(使)烦恼 pother n 1: an excited state of agitation; " he was in a dither"; " there was a terrible flap about the theft" [ synonym: { dither}, { pother}, { fuss}, { tizzy}, { flap}] v 1: make upset or troubled 2: make a fuss; be agitated [ synonym: { dither}, { flap}, { pother}] Pother \ Poth" er\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Pothered}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Pothering}.] To harass and perplex; to worry. " Pothers and wearies himself." -- Locke. [ 1913 Webster]
Pother \ Poth" er\, n. [ Cf. D. peuteren to rummage, poke. Cf. { Potter}, { Pudder}.] Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter; bother. [ Written also { potter}, and { pudder}.] " What a pother and stir!" -- Oldham. " Coming on with a terrible pother." -- Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster]
Pother \ Poth" er\, v. i. To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy. [ 1913 Webster] 220 Moby Thesaurus words for " pother": abash, addle, addle the wits, ado, aggravate, aggravation, agitation, ail, annoy, badger, baffle, bafflement, bait, ball up, be at, be the matter, becloud, bedazzle, bedevil, befuddle, befuddlement, beset, bewilder, bewilderment, bother, botheration, brawl, bristle, broil, brouhaha, brown off, bug, bullyrag, burn up, burst, bustle, chaos, chivy, clamor, cloud, commotion, complicate matters, concern, confoundment, confuse, confusion, daze, dazzle, devil, dilemma, discombobulate, discombobulation, discomfit, discomfiture, discommode, discompose, discomposure, disconcert, disconcertedness, disconcertion, disconcertment, dismay, disorder, disorganization, disorganize, disorient, disorientation, distemper, distress, disturb, disturbance, dither, dog, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, dustup, embarrass, embarrassment, embroilment, enigma, entangle, exasperate, exasperation, exercise, fash, feery- fary, ferment, fidgetiness, fit, fix, flap, flummox, flurry, fluster, flusteration, flustration, flutter, flutteriness, fog, foofaraw, fracas, free- for- all, frenzy, fret, fuddle, fuddlement, furore, fuss, fussiness, get, gripe, harass, harry, hassle, haze, heckle, hector, helter- skelter, hound, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly- burly, inconvenience, irk, jam, jumble, lather, maelstrom, maze, melee, mess, miff, mist, mix up, moider, molest, muddle, muddlement, mystery, nag, needle, nettle, nonplus, nudzh, peeve, pell- mell, perplex, perplexity, persecute, perturb, perturbation, pester, pick on, pickle, pique, plague, plight, pluck the beard, predicament, problem, provoke, pucker, put out, put to it, puzzle, puzzlement, quandary, racket, raise hell, rampage, rattle, restlessness, riddle, ride, rile, riot, roil, rough- and- tumble, roughhouse, row, ruckus, ruction, ruffle, rumpus, scramble, scrape, shindy, shuffle, spasm, spurt, stew, stir, sweat, swirl, swivet, tease, throw into confusion, tizzy, to- do, torment, trouble, try the patience, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, tweak the nose, twitter, twitteration, unassuredness, unquiet, unsettle, unsettlement, uproar, upset, vex, vortex, whirl, whirlpool, whirlwind, worry
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