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Definition of Bother
1. Verb. Take the trouble to do something; concern oneself. "Don't bother, please"
Generic synonyms: Reach, Strain, Strive
Derivative terms: Trouble
2. Noun. An angry disturbance. "A spot of bother"
Generic synonyms: Disturbance, Perturbation
Derivative terms: Hassle
3. Verb. Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations. "The performance is likely to bother Sue"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
Specialized synonyms: Get, Get Under One's Skin, Eat Into, Fret, Grate, Rankle, Peeve, Ruffle, Fret, Beset, Chevvy, Chevy, Chivvy, Chivy, Harass, Harry, Hassle, Molest, Plague, Provoke, Antagonise, Antagonize
Related verbs: Chafe
Generic synonyms: Displease
Derivative terms: Annoyance, Annoyer, Botheration, Botheration, Devilment, Devilry, Deviltry, Irritant, Irritation, Irritation, Irritation, Irritation, Vexation, Vexation, Vexer
4. Noun. Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness. "He's not a friend, he's an infliction"
Generic synonyms: Negative Stimulus
Specialized synonyms: Nuisance, Irritant, Thorn, Plague
Derivative terms: Pain
5. Verb. To cause inconvenience or discomfort to. "Sorry to trouble you, but..."
Generic synonyms: Affect, Bear On, Bear Upon, Impact, Touch, Touch On
Specialized synonyms: Distress, Straiten
Derivative terms: Botheration, Botheration, Inconvenience, Inconvenience, Trouble
6. Verb. Intrude or enter uninvited. "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers"
7. Verb. Make nervous or agitated. "The performance is likely to bother Sue"; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster"
Derivative terms: Botheration, Botheration
8. Verb. Make confused or perplexed or puzzled. "The bad news will bother him"
Definition of Bother
1. v. t. To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.
2. v. i. To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
3. n. One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as, to be in a bother.
Definition of Bother
1. Verb. (transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To do something at one's own inconvenience. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To do something which is of negligible inconvenience. ¹
4. Noun. Fuss, ado. ¹
5. Noun. Trouble, inconvenience. ¹
6. Interjection. A mild expression of annoyance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bother
1. to annoy [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: annoy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bother
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Albanian