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Bother
| 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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