'Bother' definitions:
Definition of 'bother'
(from WordNet)
noun
An angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" [syn: fuss, trouble, bother, hassle]
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" [syn: annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass]
verb
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]
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" [syn: annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil]
verb
To cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..." [syn: trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother]
verb
Intrude or enter uninvited; "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers"
verb
Make nervous or agitated; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster"
verb
Make confused or perplexed or puzzled
Definition of 'Bother'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Bother'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Bother'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'bother'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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