verb
- to worry, fuss, or bother persistently; to pester or annoy
Usage: informal; chiefly British dialect
noun
- a state of worry, confusion, or fuss; a bother or nuisance
Usage: informal; chiefly British dialect
Examples
- Stop mithering about the small details and focus on the main task.
- She mithers constantly about whether she locked the door.
- Don't mither me with your complaints right now.
- He's in a right mither over the upcoming exam.
- The children were mithering their mother for candy all afternoon.
- What's all this mither about the weather forecast?