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| NOUN | 1 | bother, fuss, trouble, hassle | An angry disturbance |
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| 2 | bother, annoyance, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass | Something or someone that causes trouble | |
| VERB | 1 | bother, trouble oneself, trouble, inconvenience oneself | Take the trouble to do something |
| 2 | bother, annoy, rag, get to, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil | Cause annoyance in | |
| 3 | bother, trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode | To cause inconvenience or discomfort to | |
| 4 | bother | Intrude or enter uninvited | |
| 5 | bother | Make nervous or agitated | |
| 6 | bother | Make confused or perplexed or puzzled |
| Sounds | baa'dher |
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| Rhymes | altogether, another, bather, and 38 more rhymes in dher... |
| Meaning | An angry disturbance. |
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| Examples | "a spot of bother" |
| Synonyms | fuss, trouble, hassle |
| Broader | perturbation, disturbance |
| Verbs | bother |
| Meaning | Something or someone that causes trouble. A source of unhappiness. |
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| Examples | "a bit of a bother" |
| Synonyms | annoyance, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass |
| Broader | negative stimulus |
| Narrower | nuisance; irritant, thorn; plague |
| Verbs | bother |
| Meaning | Take the trouble to do something. Concern oneself. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE |
| Examples | "Don't bother, please" |
| Synonyms | trouble oneself, trouble, inconvenience oneself |
| Broader | strive, reach, strain |
| Meaning | Cause annoyance in. Disturb, especially by minor irritations. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
| Examples | "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me" |
| Synonyms | annoy, rag, get to, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil |
| Similar to | chafe |
| Broader | displease |
| Narrower | get, get under one's skin; eat into, fret, rankle, grate; peeve; ruffle; fret; harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke; antagonize, antagonise |
| Nouns | botheration; bother, botheration |
| Meaning | To cause inconvenience or discomfort to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode |
| Broader | affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch |
| Nouns | bother; botheration; botheration |
| Meaning | Intrude or enter uninvited. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers" |
| Broader | intrude, irrupt |
| Meaning | Make nervous or agitated. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
| Model | The bad news will bother him; The performance is likely to bother Sue |
| Examples | "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster" |
| Similar to | bother |
| Broader | agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up |
| Nouns | botheration; botheration |
| Meaning | Make confused or perplexed or puzzled. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
| Model | The bad news will bother him |
| Similar to | bother |
| Broader | confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off |
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