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Botheration

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The act of bothering or the state of being bothered.

interjection. Used to express annoyance or irritation.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The act of bothering, or state of being bothered; cause of trouble; perplexity; annoyance; vexation.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The act of bothering, or state of being bothered; cause of trouble; perplexity; annoyance; vexation.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The act of bothering, or the state of being bothered; annoyance; trouble; vexation; perplexity.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

n. the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed

Word Usage

"The others, having reached the door, turned round, and finding that the youth did not follow them, one of them called to him with a tone of some authority; whereupon the young man rose, and, pronouncing half audibly the word "botheration," rose and followed them."

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

perplexity annoyance vexation

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