1. An excited state of agitation
   "he was in a dither";
   - pother, fuss, tizzy [informal], flap [informal], tizz [informal]

1. Act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain
   "He dithered about asking her out"; "She dithered between the two job offers"
    
2. Make a fuss; be agitated
   "She dithered over what to wear";
   - flap, pother
    
3. (computing) to smooth jagged edges of a curve by placing shaded pixels between the pixels that make up the curve, usually done by graphics programs
   "The image editor used dithering to improve the appearance of the low-resolution logo"
    
4. (computing) to create a new colour by displaying a fine pattern of coloured pixels that appears to the eye as a new colour; for example, a pattern of black and white pixels equally spaced would appear as grey
   "The old computer monitor used dithering to simulate a wider range of colours"

Derived forms: dithered, dithering, dithers

Type of: agitation, fret, fuss, niggle, stew [informal]

Encyclopedia: Dither