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Defenition of the word bother

    • Defenition of the word bother

      • To cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations.
      • To make someone rather angry or impatient; to cause annoyance.
      • Something which annoys.
      • To have an unwanted negative influence on someone, to be distractive to or for someone, impress someone or something in a troublesome or uneasy way.
      • To intrude or enter uninvited.
      • cause annoyance in; disturb, esp. by minor irritations: "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
      • something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "a bit of a bother"
      • make confused or perplexed or puzzled
      • make nervous or agitated; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster"
      • intrude or enter uninvited: "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers"
      • an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"
      • to cause inconvenience or discomfort to: "Sorry to trouble you, but..."
      • take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please"
      • 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"
      • an angry disturbance; "he didn''t want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"
      • 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"
      • intrude or enter uninvited; "Don''t bother the professor while she is grading term papers"
      • take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don''t bother, please"
      • to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..."
      • something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
      • an angry disturbance
      • cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
      • make nervous or agitated
      • intrude or enter uninvited
      • take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
      • to cause inconvenience or discomfort to

    Synonyms for the word bother

      • annoy
      • annoyance
      • anxiety
      • botheration
      • chafe
      • concern
      • devil
      • difficulty
      • discommode
      • disconcert
      • disoblige
      • distract
      • disturb
      • fret
      • fuss
      • get at
      • get to
      • go to the trouble of
      • gravel
      • hassle
      • incommode
      • inconvenience
      • inconvenience oneself
      • infliction
      • interrupt
      • irritate
      • make an effort
      • nark
      • nettle
      • nuisance
      • pain
      • pain in the ass
      • pain in the neck
      • perturb
      • pester
      • problem
      • put out
      • put yourself out
      • rag
      • rile
      • take the trouble
      • thorny problem
      • trouble
      • trouble oneself
      • unsettle
      • upset
      • vex
      • vexation
      • worry

    Similar words in the bother

      • bother
      • bothered
      • bothering
      • bothers
      • bothersome

    Hyponyms for the word bother

      • antagonise
      • antagonize
      • beset
      • chevvy
      • chevy
      • chivvy
      • chivy
      • distress
      • eat into
      • fret
      • get
      • get under one's skin
      • grate
      • harass
      • harry
      • hassle
      • irritant
      • molest
      • nuisance
      • peeve
      • plague
      • provoke
      • rankle
      • ruffle
      • straiten
      • thorn

    Hypernyms for the word bother

      • affect
      • agitate
      • bear on
      • bear upon
      • charge
      • charge up
      • commove
      • confuse
      • consternate
      • disconcert
      • displease
      • disturbance
      • excite
      • flurry
      • impact
      • intrude
      • irrupt
      • negative stimulus
      • perturbation
      • put off
      • reach
      • rouse
      • strain
      • strive
      • touch
      • touch on
      • turn on

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