Antonyms for dithering
Grammar : Adj, verb |
Spell : dihth -er |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪð ər |
- advance
- agree
- appease
- attack
- be still
- calm
- carry on
- certain
- clear
- continue
- decided
- definite
- determined
- do well
- expedite
- face
- fix
- forge
- forward
- go
- go ahead
- go along
- hasten
- hold
- hurry
- meet
- mend
- order
- persevere
- persist
- placate
- please
- push
- remain
- resolve
- resolved
- rush
- secure
- settled
- soothe
- speak smoothly
- stay
- steady
- sure
- undoubted
Definition of dithering
Origin :- 1640s, "to quake, tremble," phonetic variant of Middle English didderen (late 14c.), of uncertain origin. The sense of "vacillate, be anxious" is from 1819. Related: Dithered; dithering.
- As in undecided : adj not sure, not definite
- As in quiver : verb shake, vibrate
- As in shake : verb quiver, tremble
- As in shiver : verb shake, tremble
- As in shudder : verb shake, quiver
- As in stagger : verb walk falteringly
- As in vacillate : verb go back and forth
- As in waver : verb shift back and forth; be indecisive
- As in halt : verb hesitate, stutter
- As in hesitate : verb wait; be uncertain
- "I'm all dithering," panted Hattie, as Winnie pushed her forward to try first.
- Extract from : « For the Sake of the School » by Angela Brazil
- And the white-livered accomplice is dithering with funk in there.
- Extract from : « Ambrotox and Limping Dick » by Oliver Fleming
- A man will no' keep on dithering for what he kens he canna' get.
- Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
- His voice caught in a tight knot of strangulation; he was dithering and palsied.
- Extract from : « Just Around the Corner » by Fannie Hurst
- Presently he came running out of the scullery, with the soapy water dripping from him, dithering with cold.
- Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence
- But it is a fact that, under certain circumstances, Thomas in bulk can be worked up into dithering, rippling hysteria.
- Extract from : « The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition » by Rudyard Kipling
- He nodded to his dithering worship, and marched back slowly and calmly to his dinner.
- Extract from : « The Yeoman Adventurer » by George W. Gough
- Another fellow walking in his sleep and killing criss-cross Huns in his dithering dreams.
- Extract from : « Air Men o' War » by Boyd Cable
- Tom stood watching the ambulance whisk Murell off, dithering in indecision.
- Extract from : « Four-Day Planet » by Henry Beam Piper
Synonyms for dithering
- agitate
- alternate
- ambivalent
- balance
- balk
- be cold
- be defective
- be indecisive
- be irresolute
- be reluctant
- be unable to decide
- be unwilling
- beat
- betwixt and between
- blow hot and cold
- blowing hot and cold
- borderline
- brandish
- bump
- careen
- change
- change mind
- chatter
- churn
- commove
- concuss
- convulse
- dally
- debatable
- debate
- defer
- delay
- deliberate
- demur
- dilly-dally
- dillydally
- discompose
- disquiet
- disturb
- dither
- dithering
- dodder
- doubt
- doubtful
- dubious
- equivocal
- equivocate
- falter
- fence-straddle
- flap
- flicker
- flit
- flitter
- flounder
- flourish
- fluctuate
- flutter
- freeze
- fumble
- gyrate
- halt
- hang
- hang back
- have the quivers
- have the shakes
- hedge
- hem and haw
- hemming and hawing
- hesitant
- hesitate
- hobble
- hold back
- hold off
- hover
- iffy
- in the middle
- indecisive
- indefinite
- irresolute
- jar
- jerk
- jitter
- jog
- joggle
- jolt
- jounce
- limp
- linger
- lurch
- moot
- move
- of two minds
- on the fence
- open
- oscillate
- overlap
- palpitate
- palter
- pause
- pendent
- pending
- perturb
- pitch
- ponder
- pull back
- pulsate
- pulse
- pussyfoot
- pussyfoot around
- quail
- quake
- quaver
- quiver
- rattle
- reel
- rock
- roil
- ruffle
- run hot and cold
- running hot and cold
- scruple
- seesaw
- set in motion
- shake
- shift
- shilly-shally
- shimmer
- shimmy
- shiver
- shrink
- shudder
- shy away
- sit on fence
- stagger
- stammer
- step
- stir up
- stop
- straddle
- stumble
- stutter
- succuss
- sway
- swerve
- swing
- teeter
- tentative
- tergiversate
- think about
- think twice
- thrill
- throb
- titubate
- topple
- torn
- totter
- tremble
- tremor
- trim
- uncertain
- unclear
- uncommitted
- undetermined
- undulate
- unfinished
- unsettled
- unsure
- up in the air
- upset
- vacillate
- vague
- vary
- vibrate
- waffle
- waffling
- waggle
- water
- wave
- waver
- wavering
- weave
- weigh
- wheel
- whiffle
- whip
- wiggle-waggle
- wishy-washy
- wobble
- yo-yo
- zigzag
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