Dither

/ˈdɪðə/

Synonyms for "dither" (246 found)

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Closest matches (50)

ache aching agitationall oversall-overs alternate babbleback and fillbe coldbe stupidblab blabber blather blether blither blowblow hot and coldbob bobble bother

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bounce bump burble cackle change chat chatter chilblains chill chilliness chilling clack clattercold creepscold shiverscold sweatcommotion confusion creeps cryopathy didder dish disquiet disquietude dithers dote drivel

Verb(1 words)

balked

Noun(2 words)

baulk diffuse

Strong matches (73)

droolduck bumpsequivocate falter fidget fidgetiness fidgets flap fluctuate fluster flusteration flustration flutter foofaraw freezefreeze to deathfret frostbite fuss gab

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gabble gas gibber gibble-gabblego ongoose bumpsgoose pimplesgooseflesh gossip grimacegrow coldgush halthang in doubthave a chillhave goose pimpleshaver heavingheebie jeebiesheebie-jeebies hesitate horripilate horripilation hurry inquietude jabber jar jaw jerk jig jigget jiggle jitters jog

Noun(10 words)

falter flap flitting fuss halftone hemming hesitate hesitation indecision jitter

Verb(9 words)

faltered flap flinched futzed haw hawed hesitated hesitates hopscotched

Related words (123)

joggle jolt jostle jumps kibe lather lingerlose heatmaunder natter oscillate palaver palpitation panting patter pendulateperish with coldpitapat pitter-patter pother

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pour forthprate prattle pucker quake quaking quaver quavering quiver quivering quivers rambleramble onrattlerattle onreel offrestlessness rictusrun onshake shakes shaking shiftshilly shallyshilly-shally shiver shivering shivers shock shudder slobber spoutspout offstagger stall stewstop to considersweat swivet talktalk awaytalk nonsensetalk onteeter tergiversatethink twicethrob throbbing tictittle tattletittle-tattle tizzy totter tremble trembles trembling tremor trepidation trepidity tumult turbulence turmoil twaddle twattle twitch twitter twitteration unrest vacillate vary waffle waver whiffle willies wobble yak yakkety-yak

Noun(18 words)

mottles noise perturb pother quail randomize randomness shying stipple stipples teetering tizzy vacillate vacillation waffles waffling waver wavering

Verb(8 words)

pother pussyfooted vacillates vacillating waffled wamble wavered wobbled

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More general

9 entries

act agitation fret fussimage processing operationmental statenigglesignal processing techniqueuncertainty

More specific

8 entries

ambivalenceerror diffusionordered ditheringstalltriangular ditheruniform dithervacillation waffle

Collocations

11 entries

administrative ditherdither aboutdither betweendither overdithering effectdithering processdithering techniqueperiod of ditherpolitical ditherquantization ditherstate of dither

Inflections

3 entries

dithered dithering dithers

Derivations

1 entries

ditherer

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

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I'm all in a dither about the concert.

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She tends to dither when faced with choices.

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We can't afford to dither any longer.

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Presently he came running out of the scullery, with the soapy water dripping from him, dithering with cold.

Source: wiktionary

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