bother
1. an angry disturbance
- he didn't want to make a fuss
- they had labor trouble
- a spot of bother
• Syn:
fuss, trouble, hassle
• Derivationally related forms:
hassle (for: hassle)
• Hypernyms:
perturbation, disturbance
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, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass
• Derivationally related forms:
pain (for: pain), bother (for: botheration)
• Hypernyms:
negative stimulus
• Hyponyms:
nuisance, irritant, thorn, plague
1. take the trouble to do something;
concern oneself (Freq. 18)
- He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday
- Don't bother, please
• Syn:
trouble oneself, trouble, inconvenience oneself
• Derivationally related forms:
trouble (for: trouble)
• Hypernyms:
strive, reach, strain
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
2. cause annoyance in;
disturb, especially by minor irritations (Freq. 16)
- 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, get at, irritate,
irritate, nark, nettle, gravel, vex,
chafe, devil
• Derivationally related forms:
devilment (for: devil), deviltry (for: devil), devilry (for: devil), vexation (for: vex), vexer (for: vex), irritation (for: irritate), irritant (for: irritate), botheration, annoyer (for: annoy), annoyance (for: annoy)
• Hypernyms:
displease
• Hyponyms:
get, get under one's skin, eat into, fret, rankle,
grate, peeve, ruffle, harass, hassle, harry,
chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague,
molest, provoke, antagonize, antagonise
• Verb Group:
chafe
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
3. to cause inconvenience or discomfort to (Freq. 8)
- Sorry to trouble you, but...
• Syn:
trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode
• Derivationally related forms:
botheration, inconvenience (for: inconvenience), trouble (for: trouble)
• Hypernyms:
affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
• Hyponyms:
straiten, distress
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
4. intrude or enter uninvited
- Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers
• Hypernyms:
intrude, irrupt
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
5. make nervous or agitated
- The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster
• Derivationally related forms:
botheration
• Hypernyms:
agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove,
excite, charge up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The bad news will bother him
- The performance is likely to bother Sue
6. make confused or perplexed or puzzled
• Hypernyms:
confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The bad news will bother him
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