lather — OET · Shobdo

lather

noun

1 a rich lather of rose-scented suds:

foam, froth, suds, soapsuds, bubbles;

cream, head;

literary spume.

2 the mare was covered with lather:

sweat, perspiration, moisture;

technical diaphoresis, hidrosis.

3 informal Dad was in a right lather:

panic, nervous state, state of agitation, state of anxiety, fluster, flutter, fret, fuss, frenzy, fever, pother;

informal flap, sweat, tizzy, dither, twitter, state, stew;

North American, informal twit.

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