Synonyms for pother
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : poth -er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɒð ər |
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Définition of pother
Origin :- 1590s, "disturbance, commotion," of unknown origin. Meaning "mental trouble" is from 1640s; verb sense of "to fluster" is attested from 1690s.
- noun disturbance
- Why, that here is a deal of pother about some foolish words.
- Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
- If you can give no help, spare drowning me with your pother.
- Extract from : « St. Ronan's Well » by Sir Walter Scott
- But the Poltroon with the white wig was not out of his Pother yet.
- Extract from : « The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 of 3 » by George Augustus Sala
- Never was a man's life cut short with less solemnity or pother.
- Extract from : « The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) » by Alphonse Daudet
- Now, what is there about Rooney's to inspire all this pother?
- Extract from : « Strictly Business » by O. Henry
- She dusted furiously, and in the midst of all the pother entered Mrs.
- Extract from : « The Light That Failed » by Rudyard Kipling
- Inside, the guard was snoring in defiance of the pother o'er his head.
- Extract from : « Robert Falconer » by George MacDonald
- You have papered some of the walls; we can pother and putter about these for a change, can we not?
- Extract from : « Ole Bull » by Sara C. Bull
- What were they shouting, scolding, and making such a pother about?
- Extract from : « Smoke » by Turgenev Ivan Sergeevich
- They could not understand what all the pother could be about.
- Extract from : « Joan of the Sword Hand » by S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett
Antonyms for pother
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