1) Agitation 2) An excited state of agitation 3) Be agitated 4) Bustle; confusion 5) Commodition 6) Commotion 7) Dither 8) Flap 9) Fuss 10) Heated debate 11) Make a fuss 12) Make upset or troubled 13) Much ado about not very much 14) State of agitation 15) Tizzy 16) To be fussy 17) To make a bustle or stir Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/pother
• (n.) Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter; bother. • (v. t.) To harass and perplex; to worry. • (v. i.) To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/pother/
Poth'er noun [ Confer Dutch peuteren to rummage, poke. Confer Potter , Pudder .] Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter; bother. [ Written also potter , and pudder .] 'What a pother and stir!' Oldham. 'Coming on with a terrible pother .' Wordsw... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/137
Poth'er transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pothered ; present participle & verbal noun Pothering .] To harass and perplex; to worry. ' Pothers and wearies himself.' Locke. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/137