What does "tissy" mean?

Alternative form of tizzy (“state of excitement or distress”).

What is a synonym for "tissy"?

Common synonyms include: dither, dither, upset, befuddlement, bewilderment, bother.

Tissy

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Noun

1
Alternative form of tizzy (“state of excitement or distress”). alt-of, alternative
"But I shall have to foster this fairy story for it would upset the parson more if he knew that my wife prefers this cave man treatment to joining the ten clubs which keep the ladies of our town perpetually awheel and in a tissy."

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dither dither upset befuddlement bewilderment bother

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"But I shall have to foster this fairy story for it would upset the parson more if he knew that my wife prefers this cave man treatment to joining the ten clubs which keep the ladies of our town perpetually awheel and in a tissy."

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