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English

Etymology

Origin uncertain; perhaps a variant of bother.

Pronunciation

IPA: /'bɒðə/

Noun

a commotion, a tempest
*1605: Let the great gods, / That keep this dreadful pother o’er our heads, / Find out their enemies now. — William Shakespeare, King Lear III.ii

ru:pother te:pother vi:pother zh:pother

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Pother \Poth"er\, v. i.
To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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WordNet pother
n : an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there
was a terrible flap about the theft" [syn: dither, fuss,
tizzy, flap]
v 1: make upset or troubled
2: make a fuss; be agitated [syn: dither, flap]

Moby Dictionary
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