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dithers

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

The creeps; a feeling of fear or anxiety.

plural, plural-only, slang

Examples

““It gives me the dithers, thinking of the damage⟳ that maniac could do if he ever took the headship. He could reinstate the cycle of chosen births, or enact any of a hundred other terrible laws.””

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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