Past tense of dither

Forms of dither

Dithered in a sentence

• This sort of a conversion gives a very dithered look to the picture.1995, Walter Schertler, Beat Schmid, Hannes Werthner, Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism, page 154. From the entry dithered
• Then he dithered and fannied about.1977, Jon Fleming et al., Soldiers on Everest, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, page 97. From the entry fanny about
• Performers who scrupulously stuck to gender-vague lyrics, refused to talk about their personal lives, and dithered about avoiding labels and identities, began to feel the pressure from their fans.2001, Larry Gross, Up from Invisibility: Lesbians, Gay Men, and the Media in America, →ISBN. From the entry gender-vague
• Still the executive dithered: spent another week with pieces of paper on which he would list, in columns headed “pro” and “con,” reasons for and against taking his Brody.1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 5, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 84. From the entry brody

Meaning of dither

1. verb To tremble, shake, or shiver.
2. verb To be uncertain or unable to make a decision; to vacillate, hesitate, or delay.
3. verb To do something nervously.

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Questions about the past tense of dither

What is the past tense of dither?

The past tense of dither is dithered.

What is the past participle of dither?

The past participle of dither is dithered.

Is dither a regular or irregular verb?

Dither is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.