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English

Etymology

Possibly of origin.

Pronunciation


Verb

  1. To annoy, to disturb.
  2. :Would it bother you if I smoked?
  3. To do something at one's own inconvenience
  4. : Why do I even bother to try?
  5. To do something which is of negligible inconvenience
  6. : You didn't even bother to close the door.


Synonyms


Translations

Noun

  1. fuss|Fuss, ado.
  2. :There was a bit of bother at the hairdresser's when they couldn't find my appointment in the book.
  3. trouble|Trouble, inconvenience.
  4. :Yes, I can do that for you - it's no bother.


Translations

Interjection

  1. A mild expression of annoyance.
  2. * 1926, A A Milne, Winnie the Pooh, Methuen & Co., Ltd., Chapter 2 ...in which Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place:
  3. *: "Oh, help!" said Pooh. "I'd better go back."
  4. *: "Oh, bother!" said Pooh. "I shall have to go on."
  5. *: "I can't do either!" said Pooh. "Oh, help and bother!"


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Category:English control verbs

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bother \Both"er\, v. i.
To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be
troublesome.
[1913 Webster]

Without bothering about it. --H. James.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bother \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.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bother \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.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The imperative is sometimes used as an exclamation
mildly imprecatory.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet bother
n 1: an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they
had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" [syn: fuss, trouble,
hassle]
2: 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" [syn: annoyance, botheration, pain,
infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass]
v 1: take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did
not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't
bother, please" [syn: trouble oneself, trouble, {inconvenience
oneself}]
2: 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" [syn: annoy, rag, get to, get at, irritate,
rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil]
3: to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble
you, but..." [syn: trouble, put out, inconvenience,
disoblige, discommode, incommode]
4: intrude or enter uninvited; "Don't bother the professor
while she is grading term papers"
5: make nervous or agitated; "The mere thought of her bothered
him and made his heart beat faster"
6: make confused or perplexed or puzzled
Moby Dictionary
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


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