bother

noun

Trouble, inconvenience.

Fuss, ado.

verb

(transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.

(intransitive or reflexive) To feel care or concern; to burden or inconvenience oneself out of concern.

(intransitive, catenative) To take the trouble, to trouble oneself (to do something).

To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.

(imperative, euphemistic) Damn; curse.

Words related to bother

bothersomeadj feeze fazev irritator mither henpeck interferev peskinessn peskyadj displeasev perturbableadj troublern troublesomeadj

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