BOTHER

annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass

(noun) 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”

fuss, trouble, bother, hassle

(noun) an angry disturbance; “he didn’t want to make a fuss”; “they had labor trouble”; “a spot of bother”

annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil

(verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; “Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me”; “It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves”

bother

(verb) make confused or perplexed or puzzled

bother

(verb) make nervous or agitated; “The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster”

bother

(verb) intrude or enter uninvited; “Don’t bother the professor while she is grading term papers”

trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother

(verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; “Sorry to trouble you, but...”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

bother (third-person singular simple present bothers, present participle bothering, simple past and past participle bothered)

(transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate.

(intransitive) To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.

(intransitive) To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive or the gerund (-ing). See English catenative verbs

Synonyms

• (annoy): annoy, disturb, irritate, put out, vex; see also annoy

• (make or take trouble): care, mind; see also care

Noun

bother (countable and uncountable, plural bothers)

Fuss, ado.

Trouble, inconvenience.

Synonyms

• (fuss, ado): See also commotion

• (trouble, inconvenience): See also nuisance

Interjection

bother!

A mild expression of annoyance.

Anagrams

• boreth

Source: Wiktionary

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Both"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bothered (p. pr. & vb. n. Bothering.] Etym: [Cf. Ir. buaidhirt trouble, buaidhrim I vex.]

Definition: 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.

Definition: To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome. Without bothering about it. H. James.

Both"er, n.

Definition: One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as, to be in a bother.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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