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Bother

Bother Meaning & Definition
Bother Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bother?

[n] something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"
[n] an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"
[v] cause annoyance in; disturb, esp. by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
[v] make confused or perplexed or puzzled
[v] make nervous or agitated; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster"
[v] intrude or enter uninvited; "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers"
[v] take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please"
[v] to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..."

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bother: annoy | annoyance | botheration | chafe | devil | discommode | disoblige | fuss | get at | get to | gravel | hassle | incommode | inconvenience | inconvenience oneself | infliction | irritate | nark | nettle | pain | pain in the ass | pain in the neck | put out | rag | rile | trouble | trouble | trouble oneself | vex

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bother: abash | abrade | abuse a privilege | addle | addle the wits | ado | afflict | aggravate | aggravation | agitate | agitation | ail | annoy | annoyance | anxiety | awkwardness | bad news | badger | baffle | bafflement | bait | ball up | be at | be the matter | becloud | bedazzle | bedevil | bedevilment | befuddle | befuddlement | beset | besetment | bewilder | bewilderment | bore | botheration | bothersomeness | brawl | bristle | broil | brouhaha | brown off | bug | bullyrag | burden | burdening | burn up | burst | bustle | can of worms | chafe | chaos | charging | chivy | cloud | clumsiness | commotion | complicate matters | concern | confoundment | confuse | confusion | crashing bore | daze | dazzle | demand | devil | devilment | difficulty | dilemma | disaccommodate | disadvantage | discombobulate | discombobulation | discomfit | discomfiture | discomfort | discommode | discommodity | discompose | discomposure | disconcert | disconcertedness | disconcertion | disconcertment | dismay | disoblige | disorder | disorganization | disorganize | disorient | disorientation | disquiet | distemper | distress | disturb | disturbance | dither | dog | dogging | donnybrook | donnybrook fair | downer | drag | dustup | effort | embarrass | embarrassment | embroilment | encroach upon | enigma | entangle | evil | exaction | exasperate | exasperation | exercise | fash | feery-fary | ferment | fidgetiness | fit | fix | flap | flummox | flurry | fluster | flusteration | flustration | flutter | flutteriness | fog | foofaraw | fracas | frazzle | free-for-all | freighting | frenzy | fret | fuddle | fuddlement | fuss | fuss at | fussiness | get | give concern | great ado | gripe | harass | harassment | harry | harrying | hassle | haze | headache | heckle | hector | helter-skelter | hound | hounding | hubbub | hullabaloo | impose on | impose upon | imposing an onus | imposition | incommode | incommodity | inconsiderateness | inconvenience | inconveniency | inconvenientness | infliction | irk | irritant | irritate | irritation | jam | jumble | lather | laying on | load with care | loading | loading down | maelstrom | make free with | matter | maze | melee | mess | miff | mist | mix up | moider | molest | molestation | muddle | muddlement | mystery | nag | needle | nettle | nonplus | nudge | nudzh | nuisance | obtrude upon | obtrusiveness | overstep | pain | peck of troubles | peeve | pell-mell | perplex | perplexity | persecute | persecution | perturb | perturbation | pest | pester | pet | pick on | pickle | pique | plague | plight | pluck the beard | pother | predicament | presume on | presume upon | presumptuousness | problem | provoke | pucker | put out | put to inconvenience | put to it | put to trouble | puzzle | puzzlement | quandary | racket | raise hell | rampage | rattle | restlessness | riddle | ride | rile | riot | roil | rough-and-tumble | roughhouse | row | ruckus | ruction | ruffle | rumpus | scramble | scrape | sea of troubles | shindy | shuffle | spasm | spurt | stew | stir | sweat | swirl | swivet | take a liberty | take liberties | tasking | taxing | tease | throw into confusion | tizzy | to-do | torment | trial | trouble | troublesomeness | try the patience | tumult | turmoil | tweak the nose | twitter | twitteration | unassuredness | unhandiness | unhinge | unquiet | unsettle | unsettlement | unwarranted demand | unwieldiness | uproar | upset | vex | vexation | vexatiousness | vortex | weighting | whirl | worriment | worry

See Also | affect | agitate | antagonise | antagonize | bear on | bear upon | beset | charge | charge up | chevvy | chevy | chivvy | chivy | commove | confuse | disconcert | displease | disturbance | eat into | excite | flurry | fret | get | grate | harass | harry | hassle | impact | intrude | irritant | irrupt | molest | negative stimulus | nuisance | peeve | perturbation | plague | plague | provoke | put off | rankle | reach | rouse | ruffle | strain | strive | thorn | touch | touch on | turn on

Bother In Webster's Dictionary

\Both"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bothered} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bothering}.] [Cf. Ir. buaidhirt trouble, buaidhrim I vex.] To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See {Pother}. Note: The imperative is sometimes used as an exclamation mildly imprecatory.
\Both"er\, v. i. To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome. Without bothering about it. --H. James.
\Both"er\, n. One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as, to be in a bother.

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