Bother

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To disturb or anger, especially by minor irritations; annoy. See Synonyms at annoy.
  • v. To make agitated or nervous; fluster.
  • v. To make confused or perplexed; puzzle.
  • v. To intrude on without invitation or warrant; disturb.
  • v. To give trouble to: a back condition that bothers her constantly.
  • verb-intransitive. To take the trouble; concern oneself.
  • verb-intransitive. To cause trouble.
  • n. A cause or state of disturbance.
  • interjection. Used to express annoyance or mild irritation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To annoy, to disturb, to irritate.
  • v. To do something at one's own inconvenience.
  • v. To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
  • n. Fuss, ado.
  • n. Trouble, inconvenience.
  • interjection. A mild expression of annoyance.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See pother.
  • verb-intransitive. To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
  • n. One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To bewilder; confuse.
  • To give trouble to; annoy; pester; worry.
  • [Used in the imperative as an expression of impatience, or as a mild sort of execration.
  • Synonyms Pester, Worry, etc. See tease, v. t.
  • To trouble one's self; make many words or much ado: as, don't bother about that.
  • n. Blarney; humbug; palaver.
  • n. Trouble; vexation; plague: as, what a bother it is!
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make nervous or agitated
  • v. to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
  • n. an angry disturbance
  • v. make confused or perplexed or puzzled
  • v. take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
  • v. intrude or enter uninvited
  • v. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
  • n. something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
  • Verb Form
    bothered    bothering    bothers   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    commove    charge    rouse    excite    agitate    turn on    charge up    disturbance    perturbation    disconcert   
    Variant
    pother   
    Form
    bothered    bothering   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    annoy    trouble    worry    embarrassment    disturbance    tease    dang    blast   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Father    father   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts