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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
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, bother, 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, bother, 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,
bother, 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, bother, 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, bother]
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
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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]
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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]
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Thesaurus Results for Bother:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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