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POTHER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An excited state of agitation

Example:

there was a terrible flap about the theft

Synonyms:

dither; flap; fuss; pother; tizzy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("pother" is a kind of...):

agitation (a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance)

Derivation:

pother (make a fuss; be agitated)

pother (make upset or troubled)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a fuss; be agitated

Synonyms:

dither; flap; pother

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "pother" is one way to...):

fret; fuss; niggle (worry unnecessarily or excessively)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

pother (an excited state of agitation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make upset or troubled

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "pother" is one way to...):

agitate; charge; charge up; commove; excite; rouse; turn on (cause to be agitated, excited, or roused)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The bad news will pother him

Derivation:

pother (an excited state of agitation)

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